* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.
          [CALL TO ORDER]
          [00:00:03]
          GO AHEAD AND CALL THIS MEETING OF THE ARTS COMMISSION TO ORDER, UH, COMMISSIONERS, IF YOU CAN COME ONSCREEN. 
          SO WE CAN GO AHEAD AND TAKE ROLL PHILIPPE. 
          I SEE YOU A COUPLE OF TIMES JUST MAKING SURE LET'S SEE. 
          WE'LL START ROLL. 
          AND THEN WE CAN GO FROM THERE. 
          COMMISSIONER VAN DYKE, PRESENT. 
          WONDERFUL. 
          VICE-CHAIR SMALL BUCK, COMMISSIONER FLORES, COMMISSIONER GRAY HERE. 
          COMMISSIONER GUARDS. 
          ARE YOU WITH US? AND I KNOW COMMISSIONER BARNES IS WORKING ON GETTING IN. 
          THEY'RE WONDERFUL. 
          THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER GARZA. 
          WELCOME. 
          OKAY, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CALL THIS ORDER. 
          THERE'S NO ONE 
          [PUBLIC COMMUNICATION: GENERAL]
SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMUNICATION. 
          SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND 
          [1. Approve the minutes of the Arts Commission Regular Meeting on July 18, 2022]
MOVE TO THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES. 
          COMMISSIONER GREY. 
          SO MOOD. 
          CAN I GET A SECOND VICE CHURCH? MID-BLOCK THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, I DON'T 
          [2. Discussion of Chair’s Report regarding Next Generation of Arts Commissioners by Chair Zisman]
HAVE ANYTHING, UH, EXTRA ORDINARY PREPARED FOR TODAY'S CHAIR'S REPORT. 
          I DO JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE, UM, THIS CHANGING OF THE GUARD THAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING. 
          WE, UH, COMMISSIONER CASTILLO HAD HIS FINAL MEETING LAST MONTH AND WE WERE SO SAD TO SEE HIM GO. 
          WE WELCOMED, UH, CONSTANCE WHITE, OUR NEW AIPP MANAGER, AND WE'RE SO GRATEFUL THERE SHE IS WAVING TO THE CROWD. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WELCOME CONSTANCE. 
          UM, AND WE WILL BE HAVING A SHIFT IN COMMISSIONERS OVER THE NEXT, UH, ELECTION CYCLE. 
          AND WANT TO JUST REMIND THOSE OUT THERE, ENGAGING WITH US THAT THIS IS A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO BE HANDS-ON WITH THE ACTION THAT'S GOING ON, UH, THROUGH THE CITY THROUGH OPPORTUNITIES TO PROVIDE YOUR INPUT. 
          UM, AND THAT, IF YOU ARE CURIOUS AT ALL ABOUT THIS WORK THAT YOU CAN APPROACH US DIRECTLY, AND WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE REGARDING BECOMING A COMMISSIONER, WORKING WITH US IN, UM, AND WORKING GROUPS THAT WE INCLUDE THE COMMUNITY IN AND BEING A HOST TO WHAT WILL BE REGULAR QUARTERLY MEETUPS AND COMMUNITY CHATS THAT WE'VE HOSTED IN THE PAST. 
          UM, AND THAT WE'RE, WE'RE HERE FOR YOU. 
          SO PLEASE DON'T BE SHY AND ENGAGE WITH US, UM, AS WE CAN, I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE MARJORIE FLANAGAN WHO JUST LET US KNOW THAT SHE WILL BE MOVING ON TO TEXAS STATE. 
          WE'RE SO SAD TO LOSE, UH, ANOTHER AMAZING CONTRIBUTOR TO THE AIPP STAFF, BUT WE ARE VERY EXCITED FOR WHAT LAY AHEAD FOR HER. 
          SO WITH THAT, I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO ITEM THREE 
          [3. Discussion of the Art in Public Places Liaison Report by Commissioner Gray]
DISCUSSION OF THE ART IN PUBLIC PLACES, LIAISON WITH COMMISSIONER GRAY. 
          THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. 
          UH, AGAIN, I'M REALLY ENJOYING BEING INVOLVED IN ARTS AND PUBLIC PLACES. 
          AND, UH, IN THE JULY MEETING, UH, THERE WAS, UH, PROJECTS WERE PROJECTS THAT WERE APPROVED, UH, PARKS, BROWNIE AM ALONG HIGHLAND AND EARLY PARK AND APRIL AIPP PROJECTS. 
          AND THOSE WILL COME TO THE, TO US TODAY. 
          UH, THERE WAS A MID DESIGN REVIEW, UH, FOR, UH, FIRE DEPARTMENT EMS. UH, I KNOW IT'S FIRE DEPARTMENT NUMBER, UH, 51 TRAVIS COUNTY STATION. 
          IT'S AN AIP PROJECT. 
          AND AS AN OBSERVER IN THAT, UH, IN THAT, UH, MEETING, I PICKED UP ON SOMETHING THAT, THAT I'D LOVE TO SEE. 
          UM, IT'S NOT, UH, IT'S, IT'S HARD, THERE'S SO MUCH THAT GOES ON IN ARTS, IN PUBLIC PLACES LIKE SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS AND SO MANY TO, TO PUT IN. 
          BUT, UM, I NOTICED A PROJECT THIS MID DESIGN PROJECT HAD, UM, TWO OPTIONS OF ARTWORK GOING INTO THIS, UM, THIS, UH, FIRE DEPARTMENT EMS STATION THAT WAS ACTUALLY JUST BUILT IN JULY OF LAST YEAR. 
          AND PART OF THE ARTIST'S PRESENTATION WHEN I DROVE BY LATER WOULD HAVE ACTUALLY DESTROYED A LOT OF ZEROSCAPE AND PLANTS THAT WERE JUST PUT IN THERE THE FALL, THE YEAR PREVIOUSLY. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN I BROUGHT IT UP TO AIP AND EVIDENTLY, YOU KNOW, THEY DO THEIR BEST TO CATCH THOSE KIND OF THINGS, BUT IT REALLY DID. 
          YOU KNOW, THAT STUFF IS REALLY HARD, HARD TO PICK UP ON. 
          UM, AND RIGHT NOW THERE'S AN OPEN CALL TO ARTISTS, UH, AND THE, IT WAS AN EXTENDED DEADLINE TO THE 18TH. 
          IT WAS EIGHT FOUR, AND IT'S FOR THE REDBUD TRAIL BRIDGE AND IO AIPP PROJECT AND THE LONGHORN DAM BRIDGE PROJECT. 
          THANK YOU COMMISSIONER. 
          GREAT. 
          AND THOSE OPPORTUNITIES ARE LISTED ON TOP OF THE CITY WEBSITE ON OUR SOCIAL, AND I'VE BEEN INCLUDING THOSE OPPORTUNITIES ALONG WITH THEIR DEADLINES IN OUR NEWSLETTER. 
          SO IF YOU'RE NOT GETTING THAT IN, YOU'RE INTERESTED IN RECEIVING IT, LET US KNOW YOU CAN REACH OUT DIRECTLY, 
          [00:05:01]
UM, AND WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S COMING DIRECTLY TO YOUR INBOX. 
          WE HAVE OUR SOCIAL PAGE. 
          YOU CAN ENGAGE WITH, WHICH HAS ALL OF THOSE LINKS SORT OF LIVE AND LISTED OUT APPLICATIONS IN ENGLISH AND IN SPANISH. 
          AGAIN, TRYING TO MAKE THAT INFORMATION IS READILY AVAILABLE AS POSSIBLE. 
          THANK YOU FOR REMINDING US ABOUT THOSE DEADLINES. 
          [4. Discussion of the Austin Economic Development Corporation/Cultural Trust Advisory Committee by Austin Economic Development Corporation Board Member Carl Settles]
NEXT STEP, WE HAVE THE, UM, AEDC AUSTIN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CENTER CORPORATION, CULTURAL TRUST ADVISORY COMMITTEE BY ABC CORPORATION BOARD MEMBER, CARL SETTLES. 
          HEY CARL, WELCOME. 
          I THINK YOU MIGHT BE MUTED. 
          LET'S DOUBLE CHECK, HANG TIGHT. 
          CARL. 
          WE'RE HAVING TROUBLE HEARING YOU. 
          THERE YOU ARE. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          IT'S NEW FANGLED TECHNOLOGY. 
          I'D TELL YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO, UH, THEY'RE ACTUALLY NOT, UH, NOT A LOT HAS CHANGED SINCE WE, UH, SINCE AND GATLING HAYES PRESENTED TO YOU ALL, UH, LAST MONTH, STILL OUT OF THE SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY, UH, AVAILABLE ON THAT'S 19.7 MILLION, UM, ALTOGETHER, UM, WE STILL HAVE, ARE LOOKING AT THE FEASIBILITY FOR THE 14 PROJECTS THAT WE SELECTED, UM, FOR, FOR THE SHORT LIST. 
          UM, AND THAT WAS FROM A LIST OF 45 SUBMITTERS. 
          UM, STAFF IS REVIEWING ALL OF THE DATA, INCLUDING ADDITIONAL 16 PROJECTS THAT ARE SUBMITTING TO THE PIPELINE, DEVELOP A CLEAR PICTURE OF ALL INTO ALL OF THE NEEDS THAT THAT WE HAVE. 
          UM, AND, UM, WE, WE CAN'T REALLY, AT THIS POINT, WE CAN'T REALLY TALK SPECIFICALLY ABOUT WHO, UM, WHO THAT FINAL 14 ON THE SHORT LIST ARE. 
          UM, SO THAT'S, THAT'S GENERALLY WHERE WE'RE AT. 
          IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, CAN WE SHARE GREAT. 
          HEY, CHARLES, I DO HAVE A QUESTION. 
          DO YOU, UH, THERE'S QUESTIONS COMING TO SOME OF THE COMMISSIONERS FROM SOME OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS THAT WERE INVOLVED IN THE FIRST ROUND, AND THEY'RE WONDERING WHAT IS GOING ON. 
          DO YOU KNOW IF THERE'S ANY, WITHOUT, YOU KNOW, GIVING WHO'S IN THAT SHORT LIST? IS THERE ANY WAY TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW OF THOSE ORIGINAL 45 KINDS OF, UH, UH, PENDING TIMELINE OR WHAT THEIR NEXT OPPORTUNITY OR WHAT THEIR NEXT OPPORTUNITY IS, OR IF THEY'VE BEEN DROPPED OFF COMPLETELY OUT OF THE PROGRAM. 
          AND I KNOW THEY'RE HARD QUESTIONS. 
          NOPE. 
          NOBODY'S BEEN DROPPED OUT OF THE PROGRAM COMPLETELY. 
          UM, WE'RE, YOU KNOW, DOING THE FEASIBILITY OF, UH, THESE REAL ESTATE POSSIBLE REAL ESTATE DEALS ON 14 DIFFERENT PROJECTS REQUIRES A LOT OF DUE DILIGENCE. 
          AND, UM, OUR STAFF IS WORKING REALLY HARD TO, TO GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS AND THAT TAKES TIME. 
          UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, THE WE'RE CONTINUING TO GET ADDITIONAL PEOPLE IN THE PIPELINE, UH, BUT WE, WE, WE CAN'T REALLY GIVE YOU LIKE A DEFINITIVE TIMELINE ON WHEN THERE'S GOING TO BE ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES. 
          UM, WE'RE, WE'RE STILL GOING THROUGH THIS VETTING PROCESS. 
          UM, I WOULD, I WOULD SUSPECT THAT TH TH THAT WE CONTINUE TO DO THIS DUE DILIGENCE THROUGH MOST OF THE FALL AND INTO THE WINTER. 
          UM, AND YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S MORE OR LESS WHERE WE'RE AT, CAUSE THERE'S LOTS OF VARIABLES THAT ARE INVOLVED. 
          THAT'S GREAT. 
          I MEAN, JUST IN ANSWERING, NOBODY'S BEEN DROPPED OFF, I THINK THAT'S NEWS TO MANY ARTISTS OUT THERE. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR THAT ONE. 
          AND THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          SEE A GENTLEMAN OR SOMEBODY. 
          I SEE A SHADOW. 
          SORRY. 
          I DO A LOT OF THINGS. 
          OKAY. 
          COMMISSIONER GARCIA. 
          I SEE YOU ON THERE TWICE. 
          CAN YOU DOUBLE CHECK YOUR WINDOWS BECAUSE THAT MAY BE WHAT THE PROBLEM IS, OR MAYBE TECH CAN MUTE THE OTHER, HOLD ON. 
          I'LL COME BACK. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          SO, OKAY. 
          ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR CARL WHILE HE'S HERE? OKAY. 
          I WILL DEFINITELY WANT TO GIVE COMMISSIONER GUARDS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK A QUESTION. 
          I WONDER, DO YOU WANT TO TRY AGAIN MUCH BETTER? WELL, ANYWAY, ABOUT FOUR DEMOGRAPHIC, CORRECT. 
          DEMOGRAPHICS OF THE, UM, APPLICANTS. 
          IS THAT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT? 
          [00:10:01]
SO I HAND JUST THERE, IS THAT A GUESS? YES. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, SO I DON'T HAVE THE OVERALL, UH, DEMOGRAPHICS FOR THAT LIST OF 45 THAT I DO KNOW THAT IT WAS PRETTY DIVERSE. 
          UM, EQUITIES WAS A BIG, UH, PART OF THE CRITERIA THAT WE USE TO EVALUATE THESE. 
          AND I WOULD SAY THAT, UM, THERE'S A DIVERSE LIST OF PEOPLE THAT ARE AREN'T ON THAT SHORT LIST. 
          UM, AND THAT'S ABOUT AS SPECIFIC AS I CAN GET AT THIS POINT ABOUT DEMOGRAPHICS AND RACE, RACE, AND DISABILITY IS FEES. 
          UM, IT'S DEFINITELY RACIAL. 
          I I'M, UM, I'M NOT CERTAIN, UH, FROM A DISABILITY PERSPECTIVE. 
          UM, I DON'T, YOU KNOW, THERE WERE 45, I REVIEWED LIKE A GROUP OF LIKE 5, 6, 6 OF THOSE. 
          SO I'M NOT CERTAIN, UM, ABOUT FROM, FROM A DISABILITY STANDPOINT, UM, WHAT THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF ALL OF THOSE ARE. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, CARL, DO YOU KNOW, UM, I WOULD ASSUME THAT WHEN THE RECIPIENTS OR THE SELECTED APPLICANTS ARE MADE PUBLIC THAT A DEMOGRAPHIC, UH, LIKE A STATISTICS WILL BE THE METRICS OF THOSE APPLICANTS IN TOTAL WOULD BE RELEASED. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WE'LL HAVE THAT CONTENT I'M SURE. 
          UH, COMMISSIONER GUARDS UP LATER ON IN THE PROCESS. 
          WONDERFUL. 
          THUMBS UP. 
          ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR CARL? OKAY. 
          NO, NO, NO, JUST YET. 
          THANK YOU, CARL. 
          THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. 
          I APPRECIATE THE UPDATE OF NO UPDATE YOU AS WELL. 
          I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT COMMISSIONER MACH HAS JOINED US. 
          WELCOME. 
          OKAY. 
          NEXT 
          [5. Discussion of the Downtown Commission by Commissioner Mok]
ON. 
          THAT IS THE UPDATE FROM THE DOWNTOWN COMMISSION FROM COMMISSIONER MOP. 
          YES. 
          JAZZ ON TIME. 
          UH, WELL, AT THE LAST MEETING, WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE SAFETY, YOU KNOW, SAFETY ON, ON SIXTH STREET. 
          UH, WE TALK ABOUT, UM, OH, AUSTINITES MY GUYS. 
          WE USED TO BE ABLE TO GO DOWN TO SIXTH STREET TO ENJOY SOME DESSERT AND ALL THAT. 
          AND IT IS NO LONGER, UM, A SAFE PLACE FOR FAMILY TO HANG OUT. 
          SO THAT'S A LOT OF TALK ABOUT THAT. 
          AND THAT'S A GROUP OF PEOPLE OR DEVELOPER WHO, UH, HAVE A PLAN TO, UM, MAKE THE SAFE, UH, THE SIXTH STREET, MORE FAMILY, UH, FRIENDLY. 
          AND, UM, SO, UM, SO I, I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, UH, WE, WE SHOULD HEAR MORE ABOUT IT AND, AND, AND SEE HOW WE CAN BE, YOU KNOW, PART OF THE DESIGN, YOU KNOW, UH, SIXTH STREET, BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A HIT TO HIS TALERICO SITE FOR, UH, FOR AUSTIN. 
          AND, UH, I DID POINT OUT TO THEM THAT, YOU KNOW, THE DIFFERENT PART OF THE WORLD THAT FAMILY WILL SHOW DOWN ON THE STREET IN THE EVENING TO HAVE, UH, TO HAVE SOME ICE CREAM. 
          SO, UM, SO I DON'T THINK, YOU KNOW, THAT IS, UH, WHEN PEOPLE THINK ABOUT SIXTH STREET, THAT'S NOT WHAT THEY HAVE IN MIND. 
          SO I, I, I, I, UM, I BASICALLY SHOW THEM THAT I THINK, UH, SIXTH STREET SHOULD NOT BE JUST FOR TOURISTS AND IT SHOULD BE FOR AUSTIN NICE TO ENJOY THIS HISTORICAL SITE. 
          SO I THINK I WILL PAY MORE ATTENTION TO THAT AND, AND, UM, AND MAKE SURE THAT, UM, IF THERE'S A POSSIBILITY, YOU KNOW, TO WORK WITH THIS DEVELOPER TO SEE IF WE CAN PUT, UM, WELL, I DON'T KNOW, VENUE, YOU KNOW, FOR CULTURAL, UH, PERFORMANCE, UM, MUSIC PERFORMANCE TO MAYBE, YOU KNOW, JUST TO MAKE IT MORE FRIENDLY, UH, MORE CULTURAL AND MORE, UM, OXY. 
          SO THAT'S JUST MY PLAN. 
          SO I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR, UM, IF WHATEVER YOU HAVE IN MIND, I WILL BRING YOUR AT THE MEETING. 
          SO WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT SIXTH STREET COMMISSIONER FLORES? 
          [00:15:01]
UH, HI. 
          UH, AM I ON, YEAH, SO I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA, AMY, BUT I ALSO WANT TO BE CAREFUL THAT, UH, AND I, YOU KNOW, I KNOW I READ ON THE AGENDA AND, UM, I WASN'T THERE LAST TIME ABOUT LOSING SOME POSSIBLE MUSIC VENUES AND WHILE I APPRECIATE, YOU KNOW, OPENING IT UP TO FAMILIES THAT I THINK MUSIC VENUES ARE IMPORTANT TO HAVE. 
          I MEAN, THAT'S A KIND OF A HISTORIC, UH, PART OF SIXTH STREET. 
          AND SO IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE FOR TOURISTS. 
          I HO I WISH THAT THE LOCAL COMMUNITY WOULD, UH, PARTICIPATE AND GO ENJOY, UH, MUSIC, UH, ACTS AND OTHER CULTURAL ACTIVITIES. 
          UH, I AGREE THAT MAYBE THE, THE BREADTH OF THE TYPES OF, UH, CULTURAL ACTIVITIES HAPPENING ON SIXTH STREET, UH, COULD BE EXPANDED, BUT I WOULD ALSO LIKE, YOU KNOW, TO NOT SEE VENUES THAT, YOU KNOW, CAN, YOU KNOW, HAVE OUR LOCAL MUSICIANS, UH, HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO, TO PLAY, UH, BE CLOSED DOWN, YOU KNOW, IT'S, UH, THAT THEY'RE AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR COMMUNITY AND WE'RE LOSING VENUES LEFT AND RIGHT. 
          SO I THINK WE NEED TO GUARD THOSE AS JEALOUSLY AS WE CAN. 
          THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE DENS OF INEQUITY OR DEBAUCHERY AND DRINKING, BUT, UH, WE STILL SHOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR MUSICIANS AND OTHER ARTISTS, UH, TO, TO HAVE, UH, PERFORMANCE SPACES. 
          SO I AGREE THAT WE CAN EXPAND THE TYPES OF, UH, OF, OF VENUES. 
          HOWEVER, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, YOU KNOW, PROTECT OUR ARTISTS AND, UH, UM, CREATIVES AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO REMAIN ON SIXTH STREET. 
          WELL, I, I TOTALLY AGREE. 
          AND, UH, BUT I JUST THOUGHT THAT IS NOT MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE. 
          I JUST WANT TO EXPAND IT TO, YOU KNOW, IT IS, I THINK, IN THE DESIGN, UM, YOU KNOW, LIKE BOSTON, SOME OF THE AREAS THAT YOU CAN HAVE A CORNER THAT HAVE LIKE STRICT ARCHES, YOU KNOW, LIKE PLAYING GUITAR, PLAYING WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, ON THE STREET. 
          AND IT DOES NOT HAVE TO INVOLVE ALCOHOL, YOU KNOW, AND JUST THINK THAT HOW CAN WE MAKE IT MORE COMMUNITY FRIENDLY AND SAFER? SO THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER GRADE. 
          YEAH. 
          I'M WITH, UH, TIER FLORES WITH, WELL, ACTUALLY BOTH OF YOU. 
          I MEAN, IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE, UH, A MORE FAMILY FRIENDLY TIME FOR SIXTH STREET. 
          MAYBE IT HAS A TIME LIMIT, LIKE AT FIVE 30, THOSE THINGS CLOSE UP, BUT DURING THE DAY WHEN PEOPLE ARE COMING LOCALLY OR AS TOURISTS, THERE'S ACTUALLY PLACES THAT IT CAN SEE HISTORY OR STORIES FROM WHAT SIXTH STREET HAS BEEN, YOU KNOW, AND, AND HAVE SOME OF THOSE ARTISTS AROUND. 
          BUT WHEN IT'S AN ADULT VENUE, MUSICIAN AREA, THAT THERE'S A, THERE'S A DELINEATION BETWEEN THE TWO, CAUSE WE DEFINITELY DON'T WANT TO LOSE THOSE MUSIC VENUES, COMMISSIONER, VAN DYKE. 
          UM, THERE WAS A GOOD SIZE ARTICLE IN THE STATESMAN. 
          I THINK JUST A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO, I BELIEVE ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. 
          THE, UH, DEVELOPERS SOUND LIKE THEY WERE OFFERING A SPACES FOR FIVE, I THINK, FIVE TO SIX DIFFERENT MUSIC VENUES. 
          AND I THINK IT WAS LINKED TO, THEY WERE SINKING TO GET INCREASED HEIGHT, UH, FOR THEIR BUILDINGS. 
          UM, UH, I, I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO SEE BUILDINGS GO TALLER, BUT I THINK THAT'D BE A GREAT TRADING, UH, FOR LEVERAGE, UH, WITH THE DEVELOPERS, UH, DEVELOPMENTS COMING, I THINK ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, THEY'RE GOING TO GET TALLER AND TALLER BUILDINGS IF WE COULD LOCK IN, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, SPACES FOR CREATIVES. 
          UH, BUT WHEN I'M SAYING SOMETIMES IN THE PAST, I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS ALSO UNDER DIFFERENT CITIES, IT WAS A TEMPORARY BAIL. 
          SO IF WE DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT GETS LOCKED INTO EITHER PERMANENT OR TERM. 
          SO THAT WAS, THAT'S WHAT I HAD SEEN. 
          THANKS. 
          I DO WANT TO SHARE WITH THE COMMISSION THAT I'VE INVITED A STREAM REALTY AND THERE'LL BE PRESENTING, UM, BEF AS, BEFORE WE GET STAFF BRIEFING. 
          SO WE'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS THESE CONCERNS WITH THEM DIRECTLY. 
          SO WITH THAT, MAKE SURE TO BRING YOUR CONCERN BACK TO THE DOWNTOWN COMMISSION. 
          THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER MOP 
          [6. Presentation by Natalie Earhart and Zachary Zulch of Almost Real Things regarding their Big Splash event and funding beyond Hotel Occupancy Tax funds]
NEXT IN SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS, WE HAVE NATALIE ERA AND ZACK RESULT OF ALMOST REAL THINGS REGARDING THEIR BIG SPLASH EVENT. 
          THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING US. 
          [00:20:01]
THANKS SO MUCH FOR HAVING US OUT COMMISSIONERS. 
          HEY, I'M, UH, NATALIE, ONE OF THE CO-FOUNDERS OF ALMOST REAL THINGS AND I'M ZACK AND THE OTHER CO-FOUNDER AND GRAPHIC DESIGNER AND ARTIST AND DJ AND WRITER AND AUTHOR. 
          SO ARTISTS OURSELVES. 
          UM, SO TODAY WE'RE JUST WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT, UH, WHAT WE DO, UH, SOME RESULTS ABOUT THE LAST BIG EVENT WE HAD ALSO KIND OF THE DIRECTION WE SEE FOR THE CREATIVE ECOSYSTEM HERE IN AUSTIN AND WHAT WE COULD DO AND WHAT WE WANT TO DO TO STEP UP. 
          UH, WE DID WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE SOME OF OUR TEAM AND BOARD MEMBERS HERE TODAY, ALSO, UM, ARTISTS THAT WE'VE WORKED WITH AS WELL. 
          THANK YOU FOR SHOWING UP. 
          UM, ALL RIGHT, SO I'LL TAKE YOU THROUGH OUR HISTORY BRIEFLY. 
          SO WE STARTED ALMOST REAL THINGS AS A COMMUNITY FOCUSED MAGAZINE IN MID 2015. 
          UH, WE'D MOVED TO AUSTIN JUST FEW MONTHS BEFORE AS ARTISTS, WE COULDN'T LIKE KIND OF PLUG INTO A DIRECT NETWORK. 
          UH, WE HAD NO IDEA HOW TO SHARE OUR ART OR MAKE A LIVING FROM IT. 
          UM, AND THERE WASN'T A GO-TO SPOT TO LIKE MEET LIKE-MINDED PEOPLE AND LEARN ALL OF THESE THINGS. 
          SO WE CREATED ALMOST REAL THINGS AS A PLACE WHERE EVERYONE HAS INSTANT ACCESS TO COMMUNITY OR EMERGING ARTISTS CAN ELEVATE AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE CULTURE OF AUSTIN. 
          SO WE EXIST, GO BACK, PLEASE. 
          UH, WE EXIST TO INSPIRE AND EMPOWER PEOPLE TO CREATE. 
          UM, SO OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS, SOME OF THE THINGS WE'VE DONE SO FAR ARE PUBLISHED 24 ISSUES OF THE MAGAZINE, WHICH YOU CAN SEE HERE. 
          AND WE BROUGHT SOME FOR YOU TODAY. 
          UH, WE FEATURED 1500 CREATORS. 
          UH, WE PAID OUT OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS TO CREATORS. 
          UM, AND OUR SHOW SATURDAY HAD OVER A THOUSAND PEOPLE. 
          WE HAD LINES OUT THE DOOR FOR ALL FOUR HOURS. 
          THAT WAS ALL ORIGINAL ARTWORK, UNDER A HUNDRED DOLLARS. 
          WE SOLD 140 PIECES IN FOUR HOURS. 
          THERE'S DEFINITELY A DESIRE FOR THAT KIND OF THING. 
          UM, SO ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO BOIL DOWN INTO OUR ART ECOSYSTEM, TRIANGLE OF PRODUCE, PROMOTE AND SELL. 
          SO ALL OF THE ART BUS, ART HQ, ART MAGAZINE, THEY'RE ALL PART OF THIS CYCLE WHERE KEEPS REVENUE IN CREATOR'S HANDS. 
          SO WHERE ARE WE HEADING WITH THIS? WE WANT TO FOCUS ON UNITY, SUSTAINABILITY AND COLLECTIVE INITIATIVES. 
          SO WITH MORE FUNDING AND MORE AWARENESS AND SHARED RESOURCES WILL HELP GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATIONS LIKE OURSELVES GROW. 
          UM, THAT'S WHERE WE STARTED SEVEN YEARS AGO. 
          AND SO TOO OFTEN EFFORTS ARE DOUBLED AMONG THE ARTS AND CULTURAL GROUPS. 
          WE ARE JUST TWO PEOPLE. 
          WE HAVE A, AN ADVISORY BOARD THAT HELPS OUT A LOT, BUT WE DO ALL OF THE HATS. 
          UH, SO IF WE COULD KIND OF SHARE RESOURCES AMONGST GROUPS LIKE ACCOUNTING, INSURANCE, LEGAL ADVICE, THAT KIND OF STUFF, THAT WOULD BE MASSIVE. 
          UM, AND THEN, YEAH, KNOWING THIS AND EXPERIENCE OURSELVES, WE CREATED AN EVENT WHICH WE CALLED BIG SPLASH TO PULL THE RESOURCES OF WORK TOGETHER SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A UNIFIED FRONT AND JUST MAKE, MAKE A BIG SPLASH, LIKE IT SAID. 
          SO WE HELD THIS EVENT ON JULY 9TH AT DISTRIBUTION HOME. 
          IT WAS US AND 12 OTHER GROUPS WHO WE'VE HAD RELATIONSHIPS WITH. 
          UM, WE INVITED THEM TO COME OUT AND SHOWCASE THEIR MISSIONS THROUGH INSTALLATIONS, THROUGH ACTIVITIES AND THROUGH ACTIVATIONS. 
          AND IT WAS A SUPER DIVERSE GROUP AND IT WAS AWESOME TO CROSS POLLINATE OUR NETWORKS, LIKE BEYOND JUST WHAT WE CAN PULL OURSELVES. 
          UM, EVERYBODY SHOULD KNOW ABOUT ALL OF THESE GROUPS IS OUR BELIEF. 
          SO THAT'S, THAT WAS ONE OF THE BIG GOALS. 
          SO AS FAR AS THE RECAP METRICS GO, WE, UH, HAD 1300 ATTENDEES THROUGH THE DOOR WITH ABOUT THREE WEEKS OF MARKETING. 
          UM, SO WE REALLY WANTED TO GET THIS BETA TEST OFF THE GROUND AND MAKE SURE THAT IT WORKED AND IT REALLY DID. 
          SO AS FAR AS MONEY GOES, WE HAD 18,000 IN INCOME, 7,000 IN EXPENSES. 
          IT'S A 61% PROFIT MARGIN, WHICH GREAT. 
          UM, BUT $11,000 IS ONLY GONNA GO SO FAR WHEN YOU HAVE TO PAY PAYROLL AND WHATNOT. 
          SO IF WE COULD SCALE THIS INCOME UP AND GET THE SAME PROFIT MARGIN OUT OF IT, OR EVEN MORE THAT'S, THAT'S HOW WE BUILD THE SUSTAINABILITY AND THE TEAMS. AND JUST TO MENTION SOME OF THE GROUPS THAT WERE IN THAT EVENT OR, UM, OF COLOR, THE LITTLE GAY SHOP, CONTRA COMMON, UM, FREE TO FRIDAY AND A FRIEND US HOPE GALLERY SPRAYED TOGETHER AS SOMETHING COOL STUDIOS. 
          SO, UM, WE HAD A SURVEY, SO WE TOOK DISTRIBUTED 250 GUIDE CARDS AND HAD A 15% RESPONSE RATE ON THAT, WHICH WAS GREAT. 
          UM, BUT PEOPLE BASICALLY SAID THEY COME TO MEET NEW PEOPLE. 
          THEY ARE THEY'RE INTO COLLABORATION. 
          AND THE, UM, THE SATURATION OF EVENTS IN AUSTIN MAKES PEOPLE WANT TO BE A PART OF THE EVENT INSTEAD OF JUST BEING AN ATTENDEE. 
          UM, WE ALSO ASKED, LIKE IF PEOPLE, WE HAD A FREE EVENT, WE LIKED DOING FREE SHOWS LIKE ACCESSIBILITY. 
          UM, BUT WE DID ASK IF YOU WERE TO PAY FOR THIS EVENT ABOUT HOW MUCH WOULD YOU SPEND, AND IT WAS A FILL IN THE BLANK AND PEOPLE SAID THE MEDIAN WAS 20 TO $25. 
          UM, SO THAT'S GOOD JUST TO SEE PEOPLE ARE WILLING TO PAY FOR ART EVENTS IN AUSTIN, WHICH IN TURN ALLOWS US TO PAY MORE ARTISTS PAY OVERALL ALL OF OUR MUSICIANS, PERFORMERS, AND STAFF. 
          [00:25:01]
UM, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS WE ASKED AS WELL WAS WHAT DOES THE ART COMMUNITY MEAN TO YOU? UH, WE CLEARLY KNOW IT'S VERY IMPORTANT, BUT WE WANTED TO HEAR DIRECTLY FROM NON-ARTISTS. 
          A LOT OF PEOPLE TOUCHED ON THAT. 
          THEY JUST WANTED TO THRIVE AND THEY WANT IT TO SURVIVE. 
          AND FOR THOSE THAT ARE HERE ALREADY, IT CONNECTS THEM TO THAT WEIRD AUSTIN THAT THEY'RE USED TO FOR ANYONE THAT'S NEW, IT PROVIDES THEM LIKE A VERY CLEAR PATHWAY TO COMMUNITY. 
          THE LAST QUESTION WAS, UH, WHAT WOULD MAKE YOU FEEL LIKE MORE, A PART OF THIS ART COMMUNITY, AGAIN, WE'RE OPEN FOR NON-ARTISTS. 
          YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE AN ARTIST OR, UM, A PROFESSIONAL TO GET INVOLVED WITH WHAT WE DO. 
          UM, SO PEOPLE SAID THEY DO WANT TO BE INVOLVED. 
          THEY DO WANT TO PARTICIPATE. 
          THAT MEANS MORE LIKE INTERACTIVE ACTIVITIES, MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO VOLUNTEER. 
          WHAT WE SEE AS THE BIGGEST HURDLE IS THE LACK OF A CLEAR PATH TO A DIRECT WAY TO INVOLVE THEMSELVES. 
          YEAH. 
          SO EVEN WITH THE SUCCESS OF EVENTS LIKE THIS, MOST ARTISTS IN AUSTIN DON'T HAVE ENOUGH FUNDING TO ACHIEVE THEIR CAREER STABILITY. 
          AND THAT'S A PROBLEM BECAUSE PEOPLE BURN OUT AND THEN THEY STOP DOING THE AMAZING THINGS THAT THEY ARE DOING, OR THEY MOVE AWAY AND DO IT ELSEWHERE WHERE IT'S CHEAPER. 
          SO WITH PROPER FUNDING AND IT BRAINSTORMING ON DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES, WE CAN DEFINITELY PRODUCE MORE CONSISTENT PROGRAMMING THAT INVOLVES MORE PEOPLE SUPPLEMENT THE RISING VENUE AND SUPPLY COSTS, PAY ARTISTS AND PROPERLY STAFF THE EVENTS AND PAY THESE QUOTE UNQUOTE VOLUNTEERS LIKE WHAT THEY'RE WORTH. 
          THEY SHOULD BE ON STAFF AND NOT, NOT SPENDING THEIR TIME FOR FREE. 
          UM, I CAN TAKE THIS NEXT ONE. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, SO WHAT WE FOUND TOO, AGAIN, WITH OUR NETWORK FEATURING 1500 ARTISTS TALKING TO PEOPLE EVERY DAY IS THAT MOST OF THEM DON'T KNOW THE RESOURCES, EVEN THAT THE CITY PROVIDES ARE AVAILABLE TO THEM. 
          UM, ALL THESE NEW FUNDING, PILOT PROGRAMS THAT HAVE COME OUT, UM, THEY WERE UNAWARE THAT THESE EXISTED IN THE FIRST PLACE. 
          UM, AND HONESTLY THEY DON'T KNOW WHERE TO LOOK. 
          THERE'S NO CLEAR DIRECTION. 
          UM, WE FOUND THAT LIKE WE CAN SUPPLEMENT SOME OF THAT BY, UM, ORGANIZING WORKSHOPS AND TALKS, BUT WE JUST THINK IT NEEDS TO BE DONE ON A LARGER LEVEL WITH A COALITION. 
          SO THAT'S ONE OF OUR PROPOSED SOLUTIONS IS A COALITION THAT HAS COMMUNITY AMPLIFIERS WORK WITH THE CITY AND APPROVE THE AWARENESS AND THE RESOURCES AND THE CALLS TO ACTION THAT WE NEED. 
          UM, THAT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS FOR US. 
          WE NEED A PUBLIC CALL TO ACTION. 
          THINGS ARE NOT GREAT RIGHT NOW. 
          I THINK EVERYBODY KIND OF GLOSSES OVER IT. 
          UM, ARTS ARE A FUNDAMENTAL PART OF THIS CITY AND WHAT THE REPUTATION IS, BUT WHEN PEOPLE GET HERE, IT'S A VERY DIFFERENT STORY ON WHERE TO LOOK AND WHERE TO FIND THINGS AND HOW TO GET INVOLVED AND HOW LONG THAT TAKES. 
          SO WE WANT TO HELP WORK TOGETHER, FIND A BETTER SOLUTION AND JUST BE ABLE TO GIVE BACK TO THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT NEED IT. 
          YEAH, WHO'D CHOOSE THEM. 
          WE LOVE AUSTIN. 
          UH, WE WANT TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR CREATORS TO SUCCEED IN GROUPS LIKE OURS, TO COME UP IN AN EASIER WAY AND HAVE ACCESS TO THESE THINGS. 
          UM, WE SEE OURSELVES AS A COMMUNITY PARTNER FOR THE CITY TO HELP YOU GUYS SPREAD RESOURCES AND OPPORTUNITIES. 
          UH, WE DO NOT KNOW EVERYTHING WE'RE WILLING TO GROW. 
          WE WANT TO BUILD THE RELATIONSHIP. 
          WE WANT TO GET OTHER ORGANIZATIONS INVOLVED AND INDIVIDUALS, AND WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO BE A VOICE FOR AUSTIN'S CREATIVE COMMUNITY. 
          UM, SO OUR GOAL FROM HERE IS JUST TO CONTINUE TALKING ABOUT WAYS TO KEEP ARTISTS ENGAGED, CONNECTED, AND AWARE OF THE OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE TO THEM. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, COMMISSIONERS. 
          UM, YEAH. 
          THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          THAT'S A REALLY AMAZING, I'M REALLY HAPPY TO HEAR WHAT YOU'RE DOING. 
          I WISH I'D KNOWN ABOUT THE EVENT ON THE NINTH. 
          I DIDN'T, BUT, UH, THAT'S GREAT. 
          I THINK, UM, FORMING A COLLECTIVE OR A TRADE ASSOCIATION OF SORTS FOR ARTISTS AND CREATIVES AND IN AUSTIN WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. 
          I MEAN, EVEN MY LYFT DRIVER LAST WEEK WAS SO SHE'S AN ARTIST. 
          SO I TOLD HER ABOUT THE WEBSITE. 
          I TOLD HER WHERE TO GO. 
          I TOLD HER ABOUT, YOU KNOW, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THAT IS JUST, YOU KNOW, OPENING UP AND SO OPPORTUNITIES LIKE THAT. 
          AND I TRY TO DO THAT WITH EVERY ARTIST THAT I, THAT I MEET OR ENCOUNTER, BUT THIS IS REALLY GREAT. 
          I THINK THERE IS A REAL NEED FOR A VOICE OUT THERE, UH, FOR YOU ALL LIKE AN ORGANIZATION TRADE ORGANIZATIONS, WHAT I'M THINKING OF OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT, THAT HELPS AMPLIFY AND PROMOTE AND HELP. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND, UH, YEAH, ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO HELP YOU, UH, EXPAND WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND GROW THE OPPORTUNITIES IS, IS REALLY GREAT. 
          AND SO THANK YOU. 
          HAPPY TO HEAR IT. 
          COMMISSIONER MOCK. 
          WELL, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU. 
          AND I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA THAT, UM, WE NEED TO HAVE AN ORGANIZATION THAT WILL, UM, SORT OF LIKE A HUB, YOU KNOW, SO THAT ARTISTS 
          [00:30:01]
JUST LIKE YOU WERE BEFORE, UH, COME INTO AUSTIN, HAVE A PLACE TO GO. 
          SO MY QUESTION IS, I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO BE SUSTAINABLE. 
          AND SO MY QUESTION IS HOW DO YOU SEE YOURSELF, UM, GETTING INCOME THROUGH, IS IT JUST THROUGH FRIENDS, UM, UH, THROUGH THE SUPPORT, YOU KNOW, UM, TO THE ARTIST OR ENTRANCE FEE, YOU KNOW, SO I'M JUST TRYING TO, I'M TRYING TO SEE HOW WE CAN HELP. 
          WE KNOW MORE ABOUT, UM, YOUR IDEAS ABOUT HOW YOU, YOU, YOU COULD, WHAT KIND OF SERVICE YOU OFFER THAT YOU CAN GENERATE INCOME AND, YOU KNOW, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I'M SURE YOU ALL, WE ALL NEED SOME SEED MONEY, YOU KNOW, TO, TO, YOU KNOW, SOME KIND OF LIKE A BUSINESS PLAN, UM, THAT WILL BE MOST HELPFUL. 
          SO IT WOULD MAKE IT EASIER FOR US TO SEE HOW WE CAN HELP EITHER GET PUBLIC MONEY, PRIVATE MONEY, OR, UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ALL THESE BIG HIGH-TECH COMPANY IN TOWN. 
          UM, SO PART OF THE SURFACE IS, IS, IS IT CAN BE PART OF THE BENEFITS FOR THE EMPLOYEES IF THEY HAVE A PLACE WHERE THEY CAN, YOU KNOW, UH, ATTEND DIFFERENT EVENTS. 
          SO, SO I, I JUST LIKE TO HEAR MORE ABOUT YOU SORT OF LIKE YOUR BUSINESS PLAN, YOUR SERVICE, YOUR PRODUCTS, OF COURSE. 
          UM, YEAH, YOU, YOU, YOU DO NEED TO HAVE A PLAN TO SUSTAIN, YOU KNOW, SUSTAINABILITY IS VERY IMPORTANT. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YEAH. 
          WE'D LOVE TO SHARE OUR PLAN. 
          AT SOME POINT WE HAVE WRITTEN, YEAH. 
          WHAT WE KNOW IS THE, TO DIVERSIFY THESE REVENUE STREAMS. SO WE, WHILE WE'RE IN THE SYSTEM AND WE WERE GETTING CITY GRANTS, WE KNOW THAT WE CAN'T RELY ON IT COMPLETELY. 
          SO WE'VE DEFINITELY SEARCHED FOR OTHER WAYS. 
          AND I THINK HAVE FOUND SOME SOLUTIONS THAT COULD HELP ARTISTS OUTSIDE OF THE HOT FUNDING AS WELL. 
          COMMISSIONER CRAY, THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION. 
          AND WHEN I HEARD YOU NEED A BUSINESS PLAN, BRAIN WENT, THEY HAVE ONE BECAUSE I'VE BEEN AROUND YOU GUYS FOR A FEW YEARS AND NOT INTIMATELY JUST WORKING BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN IN CRAZY TIMES, BUT JUST, THIS IS JUST AMAZING. 
          AND WHEN I REVISITED YOUR WEBSITE, I WAS SO MAD BECAUSE I WANTED TO GO TO YOUR EVENT. 
          AND I WAS BOOKED, UM, IS WHEN I WENT TO WEBSITE, JUST KIND OF PICK IT UP. 
          WHAT'S GOING ON? I WENT, OH MAN, DANCE THEATER. 
          CAUSE THAT'S HOW MUSIC AND I SAW VISUAL ARTS. 
          AND DO YOU HAVE PLANS TO REACH OUT BEYOND, ARE YOU THINKING MORE REFINED OR YOU REALLY DO SEE THIS BIG PICTURE OF EVERYBODY AND EVERYTHING HELPING EACH OTHER AND WHICH IS WHAT I'M YEAH, IT'S A BROAD NET. 
          WHEN WE SAY ART, WE MEAN EVERYBODY IS INCLUDED. 
          THAT'S GREAT. 
          LIKE LITERALLY EVERYBODY IS CREATIVE, SO YEAH. 
          AWESOME. 
          UH, ON YOUR WEBSITE, IT REALLY, IT, IT REALLY KIND OF LEANS MORE MUSIC AND VISUAL JUST FYI. 
          CAUSE I MEAN, AS A, AS A MUSICIAN AND DANCE, BUT YOU'RE ALWAYS GONNA KIND OF FOCUS IN, BUT IT'S ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS YOUR A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLAR INCOME, THIS, THIS FISCAL YEAR, THAT WAS HOW MUCH WE'VE PAID OUT TO ARTISTS IN THIS. 
          WHAT I WAS GOING TO ASK, WHEN YOU SAY PAY OUT THERE, ACTUALLY THE ARTISTS THAT ARE PLAYING FOR THE EVENTS OR, OKAY, GREAT. 
          AND HOW MANY EVENTS THIS YEAR? YOU MAY HAVE SAID IT AND IT'S ALREADY LEFT MY OH, PROBABLY LIKE SEVEN, EIGHT THIS YEAR. 
          AWESOME. 
          YEAH. 
          AT LEAST WHAT VENUES DO YOU GUYS USE? MOST OFTEN WE GOT OUR OWN VENUE DOWN IN THE ST ELMO AREA THAT WE CALL OUR HQ AND IT'S BIG ENOUGH TO DO EVERYTHING. 
          THAT'S A 3000 SQUARE FOOT SPOT. 
          SO AWESOME. 
          WE HAD BEEN IN THAT PROJECT GETTING THE EIGHT TO 10,000 SQUARE FOOT TENT. 
          THAT WAS THE IDEAL, BUT THOSE DREAMS, YEAH, SMALL AND SMALLEST BETTER. 
          I DIDN'T KNOW. 
          I KNEW YOU HAD A HOME, BUT I WASN'T SURE HOW BIG IT WAS. 
          WE ALSO USE VENUES OUTSIDE THOUGH. 
          WE'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF THINGS THAT DISTRIBUTION HALL, AND THEN WE TRY TO GO LIKE ALTERNATIVE VENUES, UM, LIKE SOMETHING CALLED STUDIOS AND TREE GARDEN, AND EVEN A WAREHOUSE WHEN WE PARTNERED WITH RAISINS RAISIN IN THE SUN, UM, JUST TO TAKE PEOPLE TO DIFFERENT AREAS AND ALSO TO LIKE DO EVENTS IN DIFFERENT DISTRICTS AROUND THE CITY. 
          WONDERFUL. 
          THANK YOU GUYS. 
          YEAH, THAT IS SO HUGE. 
          AND I JUST WANT TO REMIND THE COMMISSIONER FOR THOSE THAT WEREN'T AWARE, ALMOST REAL THINGS HOSTED A COMMUNITY CHAT THAT WE DID WHEN WE WERE SERVING AND INITIATING COMMUNICATION WITH THE COMMUNITY REGARDING THE PILOT PROGRAMS. UH, GOSH, I DON'T EVEN REMEMBER WHEN THAT WAS A FEW MONTHS AGO, BUT IT WAS PHENOMENAL AND IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST HIGHLY ATTENDED COMMUNITY CHATS THAT WE HOSTED. 
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SO DEFINITELY HAVE THE REACH COMMISSIONER FLORES. 
          OH, YOU MENTIONED SPONSORSHIPS. 
          SO WHERE DO YOU, WHO DO YOU GO TO FOR SPONSORSHIP OR WHAT'S A, JUST SORT OF A, GIVE US AN IDEA OF THE TYPES OF WORK. 
          IT'S ALL SORTS OF COMPANIES. 
          WE'VE HAD THE MOST SUCCESS WITH LOCAL COMPANIES OR AUSTIN FOCUSED COMPANIES, BUT A LOT OF THE BEVERAGES, ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, AND EVEN, UM, SOME OF THE STILL WATERS AND JUICE COMPANIES HAVE BEEN GREAT. 
          UM, IT'S TOUGH TO GET PRODUCT AND MONEY FROM THEM, UH, REGARDLESS OF HOW MANY ATTENDEES WERE PROMISING AND, AND WHATNOT. 
          UH, AND THEN A LOT OF LIKE LOCAL, LOCAL, UH, RETAIL SHOPS THAT WANT TO SHOWCASE THEIR PRODUCT TO WHAT WE THINK IS ONE OF THE BEST DEMOGRAPHICS OF PEOPLE. 
          IT'S THE MOST DIVERSE EVENTS THAT WE ATTEND ARE THE ONES THAT WE TRY TO THROW. 
          SO YEAH, WHAT WE'RE FINDING MORE TOO IS LIKE PEOPLE ARE USING US IN OUR NETWORK AS A SERVICE SO THAT WE CAN, UH, CONNECT THEM WITH AN ARTIST TO DO COMMISSION. 
          SO LIKE A COFFEE BRAND THAT WE WORKED WITH WANTED AN ORIGINAL DESIGN FOR THEIR NEW COFFEE BEANS. 
          RIGHT. 
          SO THAT WAS PERFECT. 
          SO IT WAS LIKE A SPONSORSHIP, BUT THEN WE ALSO COULD PAY OUT AN ARTIST TO DO THAT ONE SPECIFIC PROJECT. 
          WE JUST DID THAT WITH THE TEQUILA 5, 1, 2. 
          THEY WANTED SOMEONE TO PAINT, UM, CORNHOLE A GAME FOR THEM. 
          SO WE COMMISSIONED AN ARTIST FOR THEM TO DO THAT. 
          AND THEN THEY ALSO SPONSORED THE EVENT. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          SO DO YOU HAVE A RANGE OF SPONSORSHIP AMOUNTS AND STUFF THAT YOU DO? YES. 
          YEAH. 
          IT'S USUALLY FROM 500 TO $1,500. 
          SO WE NEED, WE NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE, YOU GOT TO RAISE THOSE. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COMMISSIONER SMELL, BUCK. 
          VICE-CHAIRS MOBILE. 
          WELL REITERATING WHAT EVERYONE HAS SAID ALREADY ABOUT HOW INCREDIBLE THE WORK THAT Y'ALL ARE DOING IS, UM, I'M BLOWN AWAY BY HOW YOU HAVE FOUND THE TIME TO NOT ONLY DO THIS WORK AND PUT ON THESE EVENTS AND ORGANIZE SURVEYS, BUT THAT YOU'VE CREATED THIS DECK. 
          AND YOU'RE THE WAY THAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE TRACKING THE IMPACT THAT YOU'RE MAKING IS JUST REALLY IMPRESSIVE. 
          AND I KNOW YOU HAVE A NETWORK AND A TEAM BEHIND YOU, BUT FOR TWO PEOPLE WHO ARE LEADING THIS, THAT'S, THAT'S JUST SO IMPRESSIVE TO ME. 
          UM, I LOVE THE COMMUNITY AMPLIFIERS CONCEPT AND I HOPE WE CAN TALK MORE ABOUT THAT. 
          UM, BECAUSE THAT SEEMS LIKE A VERY OBVIOUS POTENTIAL PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY. 
          AND I KNOW YOU IDENTIFIED SEVERAL, UM, WAYS THAT YOU COULD COLLABORATE DIRECTLY WITH THE CITY. 
          UM, EVERYTHING I DO WONDER ABOUT DATA SHARING AND LIKE WHAT YOUR, YOUR POLICIES ARE OR, OR WHAT WAS MAYBE, UM, OUTLINED IN YOUR SURVEY RESPONDENTS, LIKE HOW MUCH OF THAT COULD BE SHARED WITH US OR, YOU KNOW, THAT THE, THE RAW DATA FOR, UM, I THINK IT, A LOT OF IT REITERATES WHAT WE'VE HEARD IN COMMUNITY CHATS, BUT, YOU KNOW, HAVING MORE, MORE, UM, QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DATA BEHIND THE THINGS THAT WE'RE PUSHING FOR. 
          AND WE'RE OBVIOUSLY, UM, YOU KNOW, ALIGNED IN WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR. 
          UM, SO I WONDER ABOUT THAT AND YOU DON'T NEED TO ANSWER NOW, BUT HOPEFULLY WE CAN FOLLOW UP ON THAT. 
          UM, ABSOLUTELY. 
          YEAH. 
          A LOT OF WHAT YOU, I WOULD REALLY LOVE TO HEAR WHAT CAME OUT OF THE BRAINSTORMING AROUND EXPANDED FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES. 
          AND I WONDER IF YOU HA DO YOU HAVE A MEMBERSHIP, UM, STRUCTURE? YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. 
          WE HOSTED ON PATRION CURRENTLY. 
          SO WE HAVE ABOUT 130 MEMBERS RIGHT NOW, ALL AT DIFFERENT TIERS. 
          WELL, LET'S AMPLIFY THAT BECAUSE YOU'VE CLEARLY TAPPED INTO A DESIRE AND A NEED AND, UH, YOU KNOW, BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER AND LOOK AT YOUR TURNOUTS. 
          SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN HELP TURN THAT INTO, UM, ADDITIONAL SUPPORT REALLY WELL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YES, NO SHAMELESS PLUGS HERE, GUYS, PLEASE, YOU KNOW, TALK ABOUT THE WAYS THAT YOU'RE CREATING SUSTAINABILITY. 
          CAUSE I THINK NOT ONLY TO GARNER MORE SUPPORT, BUT TO LET THE COMMUNITY KNOW, RIGHT? LIKE THESE ARE METHODS AND STRATEGIES TO CREATE ONGOING, YOU KNOW, NOT SO PASSIVE INCOME WITH THE BUTTS. 
          YOU GUYS ARE BUSTING TO GET THIS WORK DONE. 
          UM, BUT YEAH, THAT GENERAL AWARENESS, UH, COMMISSIONER VANDYKE. 
          THANKS. 
          I JUST WANTED TO AGREE WITH EVERYBODY ELSE. 
          UH, I REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE DOING. 
          UM, YOU'VE REALLY QUICKLY TAPPED INTO A HUGE NEED. 
          UM, AND I, I LIKE YOUR SOLUTION FOR THAT NEED, SO I REALLY APPRECIATE, WE DEFINITELY NEED SOME KIND OF CENTRAL COORDINATION FOR ALL THE ART STUFF THAT GOES ON. 
          UM, WE'RE ALL WE LIKE TO MAKE STUFF, BUT THEN WHAT TO DO WITH IT. 
          WE'RE ALWAYS, WE'RE NOT ALWAYS AS GOOD AT THAT PART OF IT, OR JUST RUN OUT OF TIME AND ENERGY AND MONEY TO DO THAT. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT. 
          YEAH, OF COURSE. 
          [00:40:04]
THERE WE GO. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          NO FEEDBACK, UH, TWO POINTS, UH, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING. 
          IT'S REALLY WELL INTENTIONED AND HOPEFULLY MORE PEOPLE WILL HELP YOU OUT, BUT JUST TWO POINTS, ONE POINT YOU SAID THAT THERE WAS A CERTAIN LEVEL OF MISTRUST AND ANOTHER POINT YOU SAID THAT YOU HANDED UP CARDS AND YOU GOT A 50% RETURN RATE, IS THAT CORRECT? 15%. 
          15%. 
          SO 85% DID NOT RESPOND TO THE CRISIS. 
          HAVE YOU GUYS TRIED ANYTHING LIKE QR CODES OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? OKAY. 
          SO THAT WAS ON A QR CODE OR JUST ON PAPER. 
          THAT WAS A PRINTOUT WITH A QR CODE. 
          OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          SO YOU WERE ACCEPTING ANSWERS FROM A QR CODES ONLY? UH, NO. 
          WE ALSO, UM, WE'RE SENDING IT OUT TO THE PARTNERING ORGANIZATIONS AFTER THE EVENT. 
          YEAH, IT WAS ANSWERABLE VIA EMAIL ON OUR WEBSITE AND ON OUR PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS, WEBSITES. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          JUST, JUST BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I DID STUDY STATISTICS AND MANAGEMENT AND STUFF LIKE THAT. 
          UT AND WHENEVER SOMEONE COMES BACK AND TELLS ME 85%, DIDN'T DO THIS, I KIND OF WANT HOPE THAT PERHAPS YOU'RE NOT SKEWING SOME INFORMATION OR, YOU KNOW, BUT I I'D IMAGINE YOU FIGURED THAT ONE OUT. 
          THE OTHER ONE YOU SAID WAS THAT ABOUT MISTRUST? DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA OF WHO WAS STATING THAT AS A PART, AS FAR AS DEMOGRAPHICS GO? UH, WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT MISTRUST, I THINK IT WAS, UM, SOME PEOPLE'S HESITATIONS TO GET INVOLVED WITH THE CITY. 
          AND A LOT OF THE MISTRUST I THINK COMES FROM GENERAL CONFUSION AND POSSIBLY JUST NOT UNDERSTANDING, UM, ALSO THE EXTENSIVE TIMELINES. 
          I MEAN, FUNDING HAS BEEN PAUSED FOR, I THINK, THREE YEARS. 
          UM, SO PEOPLE JUST DON'T BELIEVE IT'S EVER GOING TO COME BACK. 
          SO I THINK THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE WERE TOUCHING ON IT'S IT'S MAINLY WITH NETWORKS AND ARTISTS THAT WE TALK TO, WHICH WE TALK TO EVERY DAY. 
          UM, SO THIS COMES FROM A VARIETY OF PEOPLE. 
          OKAY. 
          BUT YOU DON'T HAVE ANY SPECIFIC STATISTICS AS TO WHAT THAT PERSON REPRESENTS OR WHAT THAT ANSWER REPRESENTS, WHETHER IT WAS, I DON'T THINK IT'S, YEAH, WE HAVEN'T, WE HAVEN'T PUT OUT A SURVEY SPECIFICALLY FOR EQUITY. 
          AND SO LONG AS YOU RESPOND, YOU KNOW, IS THIS HAPPENED AND 30% OF THESE FOLKS AND 40% OF THESE FOLKS, WHATNOT, THAT WILL GIVE US A BETTER VIEW OF WHAT YOU GUYS ARE TALKING ABOUT AS FAR AS THE PLAIN EQUITY STANDARDS TO OUR FUNDING CYCLE. 
          JUST AGAIN, I THINK FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING, JUST LIKE FOR YOU TO MAKE IT JUST A LITTLE BIT CLEARER AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, THE STATISTICS AS FAR AS DEMOGRAPHICS GO. 
          YUP. 
          I AGREE. 
          YEAH, WE CAN DO THAT. 
          YOU HAD MENTIONED THAT A LOT OF YOUR ARTISTS DIDN'T KNOW REALLY ABOUT FUNDING OR CITY FUNDING AND STUFF. 
          IS THERE A WAY FOR, AND IT SEEMS OLD FASHIONED NOW, BUT I DO STILL ONLY FOR THE MOST PART, LOOK AT THIS ONE TO SHARE THE ARTS COMMISSIONS FACEBOOK PAGE. 
          YEAH. 
          AND YOU DO SO THAT'S GREAT BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A WEALTH OF INFORMATION AND EASY TO DO, DO ALL THAT STUFF. 
          IT'S MADE A BIG DIFFERENCE. 
          I THINK. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          YEAH. 
          YES. 
          THEY LIKE AND FOLLOW AND IT'S, I'M SO GRATEFUL, UH, COMMISSIONERS, ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FOR ALMOST REAL THINGS. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. 
          I INVITED ALMOST REAL THINGS BECAUSE I'M WITNESSING THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING, THE WORK THAT THEY'RE TAKING UPON THEMSELVES, UH, TO BE NOT ONLY ENGAGED, BUT ACTIVE AND CREATING OPPORTUNITY AND EDUCATION, UM, AND FOR BEING, UM, REALLY AMPLIFIERS ALREADY FOR US AND JUST TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE THAT PARTNERSHIP IS HUGE. 
          UM, WE'RE, WE'RE FOREVER GRATEFUL. 
          AS I MENTIONED, THEY HOSTED A COMMUNITY CHAT. 
          WE'VE TALKED ABOUT FUTURE EVENTS, UM, WHERE I JUST COULD NOT BE MORE IMPRESSED WITH YOU GUYS AND WHAT YOU'RE ACCOMPLISHING OUT THERE, UM, ON YOUR OWN. 
          SO, UM, AND I DID WANT TO MENTION ALMOST REAL THINGS IS A FORMER CULTURAL CONTRACTOR. 
          YEAH. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH THIS PROCESS AND HAVING WORKED WITH THE CITY AND, AND BEING A RECIPIENT OF FUNDING. 
          SO I, I VALUE THEIR INPUT AND WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY. 
          AND I FEEL LIKE THOUGH WE MAY NOT HAVE THE MINUTIAE DATA, WHICH I AGREE IS COMPLETELY IMPORTANT AND VALID THAT THEIR LIVED EXPERIENCE DOES INFORM THE QUESTIONS AND THE CONVERSATIONS THAT THEY'RE HAVING OUT IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          SO THANK YOU BOTH SO MUCH. 
          THANK YOU FOR THE BOARD AND THE MEMBERS THAT ARE HERE FROM ALMOST REAL THINGS. 
          IT'S WONDERFUL TO HAVE YOU PLEASE DON'T BE STRANGERS. 
          LIKE I SAID, WE'RE ACTIVELY RECRUITING. 
          SO ANY OF YOU WANT TO COME JOIN. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          VERY FUN PARTY. 
          BYE GUYS. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          I WANT TO RECOGNIZE COMMISSIONER BARNES AND PERMISSION TO PULL GAR WHO HAVE JOINED US WELCOME. 
          AND NEXT, 
          [7. Presentation by Caitlyn Ryan of Stream Realty regarding 6th Street redevelopment and possible demolition of venue spaces in downtown entertainment districts]
          [00:45:01]
WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY CAITLIN RYAN OF STREAM REALTY REGARDING THE SIX STREETS OF REDEVELOPMENT AND POSSIBLE DEMOLITION OF VENUE SPACES IN DOWNTOWN ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICTS. 
          HI, CAITLIN. 
          WELCOME. 
          IT'S RARE. 
          I GET TO SEE HERE A LOT OF QUESTIONS BEFORE I PRESENT. 
          SO IT WAS ACTUALLY, IT WAS INTERESTING TO HEAR BEFORE. 
          UM, THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING ME TO COME PRESENT TODAY. 
          UH, SIXTH STREET IS SOMETHING THAT'S VERY CLOSE TO MY HEART ALONG WITH A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE THAT ARE IN OUR ORGANIZATION, UH, TO GIVE KIND OF A BACKGROUND OF HOW THIS STARTED IS WE WORK AT SIX IN CONGRESS, OUR OFFICES, AND ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO KIND OF WONDERED ABOUT SIXTH STREET AND JUST HAD BEEN WALKING DOWN THERE EVERY DAY. 
          NOTICED THERE WAS NOTHING REALLY OPEN ON MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, NO REAL LUNCH OPTIONS, NO REAL REASON TO BE DOWN IN THIS BEAUTIFUL DISTRICT THAT WE HAVE DOWNTOWN. 
          UM, AND SO IT GOT US CURIOUS. 
          AND SO WE STARTED LOOKING REALLY RESEARCHING, NOTICING THERE WAS A GREAT DEAL OF A LARGE AMOUNT OF VACANCY AND THEN REALIZED VERY QUICKLY THAT IT COULD VERY EASILY BE SNATCHED UP BY SOMEBODY OUTSIDE OF AUSTIN AND TURN INTO SOMETHING WE WOULDN'T BE PROUD OF. 
          SO AS LOCAL AUSTINITES, WE THOUGHT IT WAS KIND OF OUR DUTY TO COME IN HERE AND REALLY CREATE SOMETHING SPECIAL. 
          UM, YOU SEE OUR SOUTH CONGRESS DISTRICT, A MULTITUDE OF DISTRICTS IN AUSTIN THAT AS I WERE GROWING UP WERE SIGNIFIED AS LOCAL AUSTIN PLACES TO GO HAVE BEEN DISAPPEARING VERY QUICKLY. 
          AND SO IF YOU LOOK AT SOUTH CONGRESS, IT COULD BE IN CALIFORNIA, IT COULD BE ANYWHERE LIKE YOU SAID, I THINK WE'RE LOSING A LOT OF THE AUSTIN CULTURE THERE. 
          SO FOR ME, IT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR OUR ORGANIZATION TO COME IN TO SIXTH STREET, NOT JUST ACQUIRE A COUPLE OF PROPERTIES AND SAY, WE'RE GOING TO GO AND DO A HIGH RISE TOWER HERE. 
          WE SAID, WE'RE GOING TO COME AND SPEND A GREAT DEAL OF OUR OWN MONEY TO CREATE A DISTRICT WIDE FEEL AND HAVE THIS BE SOMETHING AUSTIN CAN BE REALLY PROUD OF. 
          AND THE GOOD NEWS IS WE ARE NOT CLOSING ANY, ANY MUSIC VENUES AT ALL. 
          WE ARE ACTUALLY TRYING TO PUT MORE MUSIC VENUES BY CAUSE THERE IS A GREAT NEED FOR THAT IN OUR TOWN. 
          I STRONGLY BELIEVE IN IT, BUT, UM, FOR THIS, WE REALLY WANTED TO CREATE A LOCAL HUB WHERE IT COULD BE ALL A KIND OF, UM, SAFE HAVEN FOR ALL LOCAL AUSTIN BUSINESSES TO COME IN HERE AND HAVE WHEN SOMEBODY COMES OUT OF TOWN, WHEN AN AUSTIN LOCAL COMES, WHEN SOMEBODY IS MOVING HERE, WHO'S MOVING HERE BECAUSE THEY LOVE AUSTIN. 
          THEY COME TO A DISTRICT THAT REPRESENTS AUSTIN. 
          AND SO IT WAS SUCH A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY FOR US. 
          AND IDEALLY IT WOULD BE THE SIXTH STREET ARTS DISTRICT HERE BECAUSE MUSIC AND ARTS ARE WHAT DRIVE THIS DISTRICT TO BECOME SOMETHING THAT WE CAN ALL BE PROUD OF. 
          CAUSE IT'S, IT WAS AUSTIN'S ORIGINAL MELTING POT. 
          IT WAS KIND OF AMAZING FOR IT. 
          SO I WILL, UM, I'LL RUN THROUGH THIS REALLY QUICKLY AND I KNOW A GREAT DEAL OF PEOPLE HAVE SOME QUESTIONS, SO WE CAN ABSOLUTELY TOUCH ON THAT. 
          BUT SO THIS IS JUST SOME HISTORY. 
          SO ANYBODY'S WELCOME TO GO BACK TO SEE THE HISTORY, BUT OVERALL THIS, AT THIS MOMENT, WE HAVE GOTTEN A COUPLE OTHER BUILDINGS SINCE THIS MAP WAS CREATED, BUT THIS IS, UH, EVERYTHING IN RED IS OUR OWNERSHIP ON SIXTH STREET. 
          AND SO IF YOU NOTICE LEFT AND RIGHT OF RED RIVER OR WHERE WE'RE PROPOSING DENSITY FOR OUR CITY COUNCIL, WHEN WE, WE GOT APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL, UM, FOR A BIT, SO HERE IS WHERE 10 OF IT, THE FLANKED OF RED RIVER, IT WAS THE LARGEST MULTITUDE OF PROPERTIES ON THE STREET THAT DIDN'T HAVE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF HISTORIC LANDMARKS ON THE STRUCTURES. 
          AND IT WAS VERY CLOSE TO OTHER DENSITIES SUCH AS FIT AND SABINE AND HILTON GARDEN INN. 
          SO WHAT WE SAID HERE IS WE'LL CREATE SOME DENSITY, GET SOME PEOPLE DOWN THERE TO MAKE SIXTH STREET AND 18 HOUR A DAY, 18 HOUR, DAY STREET. 
          AND IT'S SO WE CAN HAVE SOME, YOU KNOW, IT'S GREAT TO HAVE FARM. 
          SO WE'RE PLANNING ON HAVING FARMER'S MARKETS, A MULTITUDE OF DIFFERENT LUNCH AND DINNER OPTIONS. 
          I ALWAYS SAY THAT SIX STREET DOESN'T HAVE A BAR PROBLEM. 
          IT HAS A RATIO PROBLEM RIGHT NOW IT'S 5% RESTAURANTS AND THEN 95% BARS. 
          WE JUST WANT TO EVEN THAT OUT A LITTLE BIT. 
          UM, AND SO I THINK IT'S, UH, UH, WE HAVE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO START THAT. 
          AND SO THIS IS, SO WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH, UH, CITY OF AUSTIN HISTORIC COMMISSION TO COME UP WITH, WE'VE DONE. 
          WE HIRED A GREAT SURVEYOR AND AHMAD. 
          WHO'S A HISTORIAN TO COME IN HERE AND LOOK AT THIS DISTRICT AS A WHOLE, EVEN THE PROPERTIES WE DON'T OWN TO COME IN, LOOK AT THESE PROPERTIES AND TELL US THE HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF EACH AND EVERY PROPERTY. 
          SO WE CAN SOMEHOW KEEP AS MANY HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT PROPERTIES AS POSSIBLE. 
          AND ALSO WITH THIS, WE ARE ONLY PROPOSING DENSITY ON THOSE TWO BLOCKS, THE REMAINDER OF THE BUILDINGS THAT WE OWN, WE ARE NOT GOING TO TOUCH. 
          WE'RE GOING TO DO HISTORIC FACADE LIKE UPGRADES AND JUST BRING THEM BACK TO WHAT THEY ONCE WERE, BUT WE ARE KEEPING THEM REMAINING INTACT. 
          SO THESE ARE FEEL FREE TO GO LOOK. 
          AND I KNOW FOR THE ESSENCE OF TIME, I'LL KIND OF RUN THROUGH THESE. 
          UM, BUT OVERALL, THIS IS THE BLOCK WHERE WE'RE PROPOSING DENSITY. 
          AS YOU SEE HERE, THIS, UM, IT LISTS EVERY SINGLE YEAR. 
          WE'RE HOPING TO KEEP, UH, THE ONLY TWO FACADES ON THIS STREET THAT WE'RE HOPING NOT TO KEEP ARE THE, THE , WHICH IS IT WAS BUILT IN 2006. 
          AND THEN THE FIVE 18 WAS JUST BUILT IN 2018. 
          UM, THE FIVE 18 IS JUST A METAL, UH, FACADE 
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THAT IT'S CALLED THE VENUE. 
          THAT IS THE VENUE THAT IS AN OPERATING SITS, A MUSIC VENUE SLASH NIGHTCLUB. 
          AND SO WE ARE BRINGING IN, WE'RE HOPING THIS WILL BE OUR SITE FOR OUR HOTEL, WHICH WE'RE HOPING TO KIND OF BRING IN HERE. 
          WE ARE WORKING VERY CLOSELY IN THE WAY OF MAKING THIS HOTEL AND AUSTIN MOTEL, A HOTEL, SAN JOSE, BUT VERY MUSIC AND ART SPACED. 
          SO IT'S GOING TO HAVE A VENUE INTERNALLY IN THE HOTEL AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE REPRESENTING EACH OF EVERY SINGLE. 
          IT CAN BE SOMETHING THAT REALLY REPRESENTS AUSTIN IN A UNIQUE WAY AND KIND OF CAN DEMONSTRATE AUSTIN'S HISTORY. 
          AND SO THIS IS KIND OF THE PROPOSED AND I HOPE THIS IS ONE OF MANY MEETINGS THAT I WILL BE PROBABLY PRESENTING AT BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY AS WE'RE WORKING WITH HISTORIC COMMITTEE COMMISSION OF AUSTIN, OUR PLANS WILL CHANGE AND WE'LL HAVE SOME BETTER RENDERINGS FOR EVERYONE. 
          UM, AND ALSO SOME BETTER OPPORTUNITIES WHERE WE CAN KIND OF REALLY DISTINGUISH WHERE, HOW WE CAN USE, UTILIZE AS MUCH ARTWORK AS POSSIBLE. 
          AND SO THIS IS JUST PROFILES, A COUPLE OTHER PROPERTIES THAT WE OWN THIS, UM, HERE IS THE BLOCK ON THE 600 BLOCK, UH, THE OLD EMOS, WHICH IS MY PERSONAL FAVORITE, JUST, YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER FREQUENTING THAT. 
          UH, AND SO HERE IT'S, WE ARE PROPOSING AN OFFICE BUILDING. 
          IT'S GOING TO BRING OVER 600 PARKING SPACES TO THE DISTRICT, WHICH IS VERY MUCH A NEED AT THE MOMENT. 
          AND ALSO I LIKEN THIS TO, I ALWAYS EQUATE IT TO A RADIO CITY, MUSIC HALL, LIKE AN AUSTIN BASED RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL, WHERE YOU'RE SAYING IT'S AN OFFICE BUILDING. 
          IT'S GOING TO PUT OVER A THOUSAND PEOPLE ON THIS STREET DURING THE DAY. 
          AND IT GOING TO OPEN UP PARKING AT NIGHT FOR ALL THE TRANSIENCY WANTS TO HAVE LIKE TRANSPLANTED, UH, LIKE PEOPLE FROM KYLE AND EVERYBODY ELSE WHO NEED TO COME IN FOR A PLACE TO PARK. 
          BUT IT ALLOWS US TO PUT SO MANY PEOPLE DOWN HERE DURING THE DAY, BUT ALSO PROFILE MUSIC VENUES HERE AND ARTISTS WORK TO ALLOW IT FOR, TO BE, UH, OUR IDEAL SITUATION IS EVERYBODY'S ACTIVITY SEEN AUSTIN MUSIC HALL SINCE WE LOST AUSTIN MUSIC HALL, BUT IT'S SOMETHING IN THAT WAY WHERE PEOPLE FORGET THAT IT'S AN OFFICE BUILDING. 
          AND SO THIS IS JUST KIND OF HIGHLIGHTING IN A WAY, AND THIS IS THIS WE OWN THE 700 BLOCK EAST, AND THIS IS SOME PROFILE LIKE SOME RENDERINGS OF THE 700 BLOCK SOUTH AS WELL, WHERE YOU SEE HERE, WE'RE KEEPING ALL THE BUILDINGS INTACT, ADDING A ROOFTOP VENUE WHERE THIS IS GREAT. 
          WE'RE TALKING TO A LOVELY GROUP WHO IS GOING AND SAYING WHAT TO DO TWO SEPARATE MUSIC VENUES WITH THREE RESTAURANTS IN BETWEEN AND PROFILING US, AND THEN ADDING AN ADDITIONAL STREETSCAPE HERE THAT THE SIDEWALKS ON SIXTH STREET ARE CURRENTLY 12 FEET. 
          SO WHAT WE'RE AT, WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS YOU TAKE AWAY THE ON-STREET PARKING, WHICH IS SOMEWHAT PROBLEMATIC DURING THE DAY. 
          ANYWAY, BECAUSE FROM THURSDAY TO SATURDAY, AFTER 8:00 PM, THEY TOW ALL THE CARS THAT ARE PARKED ON THE STREET OFF THE STREET. 
          SO THERE CREATES A LITTLE BIT OF CHAOS ON THE STREET. 
          SO WE'RE PROPOSING TAKING AWAY ALL THE ON STREET PARKING AND TAKING THESE SIDEWALKS OUT TO 25 FEET, WHICH MAKES THEM VERY WALKABLE AND ALSO FOR SIDEWALK CAFES, AND ALSO IN BETTER, IT ALLOWS FOR A LOT OF ART INSTALLATIONS AND OPPORTUNITIES. 
          UM, BECAUSE MOST IMPORTANT, WE TALKED ABOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          THIS SHOWS ABOUT HOW, UH, PARKING AND HOW THE WALKABLE SIDEWALKS HERE. 
          UM, BUT BRANDING PARTNERSHIPS. 
          SO WE HAD, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ARTISTS AND ART CURATION, NINE DOT ARTS. 
          SO I AM ALSO THE HEAD OF THE SIXTH STREET OWNERSHIP ASSOCIATION AND NINE DOT ARTS, WHICH IS A DENVER-BASED FIRM HAS HELPED US INITIALLY COME OUT AND SAY, OKAY, WE'RE CURATE REAL REAL ESTATE ALL THE TIME. 
          HERE WOULD BE SOME GREAT PLACES THAT YOU CAN HAVE ARTISTS INSTALLATIONS. 
          UM, BUT REALLY GREAT IS WE'VE NOW DECIDED THAT THIS NEEDS TO BE A FULL-TIME OPPORTUNITY AS FAR AS THE ART CURATION, THIS DISTRICT AND WORKING WITH THE CITY DIRECTLY. 
          SO WE HAVE, WE HAVE, UM, HOPEFULLY AT MY NEXT MEETING, I CAN ANNOUNCE WHO IT IS CAUSE IT'S SOMEBODY WILL NOW, BUT I CAN'T REALLY SAY IT RIGHT NOW BECAUSE ANYWAY, UH, IT'S A TRANSITION OPPORTUNITY I SHOULD SAY, BUT IT'S, UH, IT'S UH, THIS ART INSTALLATIONS ON THE STREET WARRANT, A FULL-TIME OPPORTUNITY AND A FULL-TIME JOB WORKING WITH US IN CONJUNCTION OF FINDING NOT ONLY WAYS FOR OUR PERSONAL OWNERSHIP STAKE IN THE, IN THE DISTRICT, BUT ALSO FOR THE DISTRICT AS A WHOLE. 
          BECAUSE IF WE JUST LOOK AT, FROM WHAT WE OWN ON THE DISTRICT, IT'S GOING TO SEEM KIND OF DISJOINTED AND NOT FLUID. 
          AND THAT'S WHY THE SIXTH STREET OWNERSHIP ASSOCIATION HAS ALSO STEPPED UP AND THEY HAVE THROUGH THEIR PUD ADDITIONAL FUNDS THAT THEY ARE DONATING TO ART INSTALLATIONS ALONG THE STREET, AS WELL THROUGHOUT OUR SIDEWALK INSTILL LIKE SIDEWALK RENOVATION THROUGHOUT THIS DISTRICT. 
          AND SO THIS IS THE WALNUT CREEK RENOVATION WE'RE WORKING WITH, UM, THE WALLER CREEK CONSERVANCY, UH, AS WELL TO FIND OUT HOW WAY TO CAN WE INTEGRATE THAT INTO THE DISTRICT AS WELL. 
          SO, UM, I KNOW THAT WAS KIND OF A MILLION MILES AN HOUR ON JUST A VERY HIGH LEVEL, BUT I HOPE THIS IS A GREAT INTRODUCTION TO WHAT WE'RE DOING. 
          AND I WANT TO SAY THAT THIS IS HOPEFULLY THE FIRST OF MANY MEETINGS. 
          WE'RE OBVIOUSLY STILL IN DESIGN ON OUR TWO BUILDINGS THAT WE'RE ADDING SOME DENSITY ON. 
          AND SO, UM, AS THAT STARTS EVOLVING MORE, MORE EFFICIENTLY AND MORE FREQUENTLY, IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT HOW WE CAN PARTNER WITH ART AND PUBLIC PLACES, WHICH WE'VE UTILIZED THEIR SERVICES AT RIVER SOUTH, WHICH IS ONE OF OUR DEVELOPMENTS ACROSS THE RIVER. 
          UM, AND THEY'VE JUST BEEN FANTASTIC TO WORK WITH. 
          SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND I UNDERSTAND FOR THE SAKE OF TIME, BECAUSE I THINK OUR COMMISSIONERS ARE GOING TO HAVE QUITE A FEW QUESTIONS FOR YOU, UH, COMMISSIONER 
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FLORES, WHO I CAN SEE FIRST, BUT IF WE CAN BRING UP THE CREW. 
          WONDERFUL. 
          WELL, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          CAN YOU HEAR ME? IS MY MIC ON? CAN NEVER TELL. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          UH, THANK YOU. 
          AND I'M HAPPY TO HEAR BECAUSE, UH, UH, I HAVE, I MISSED THE LAST MEETING AND I THINK YOU MAY HAVE MET YOU MIGHT'VE MENTIONED SOME THINGS, I DON'T KNOW. 
          THEY MAY HAVE TALKED ABOUT SOME THINGS, BUT HAPPY TO HEAR THAT YOU'RE INTERESTED AND EAGER TO PRESERVE THOSE THAT ARE HISTORIC AND THAT THOSE, UH, BUILDINGS THAT YOU WOULD BE, UH, ADDING MORE DENSITY TO ARE NOT, UH, SOME OF THE HISTORIC BUILDINGS SO THAT, UM, I'M PLEASED TO HEAR THAT. 
          AND I'M HAPPY TO HEAR ABOUT, YOU KNOW, MAKING ALL THE, YOU KNOW, MAKING IT AN ARTS DISTRICT CAUSE THAT'S REALLY EXCITING. 
          AND THAT SOUNDS REALLY GREAT TO ME. 
          I MEAN, I DON'T HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS. 
          IT WENT REALLY FAST AND I WAS TRYING TO BE, I JUST KNOW A VERY DEAR FRIEND OF MINE USED TO HAVE A RESTAURANT RIGHT AT THE CORNER OF SIXTH AND RED RIVER. 
          AND IT'S ONE OF THE VACANCIES RIGHT NOW, IS IT ? YEAH. 
          AND SHE'S ONE OF MY MIND, SHE ISN'T ONE OF MY BEST FRIENDS ANYWAY, AND THAT WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE IT SERVED AS A GALLERY. 
          SO A LOT OF THESE RESTAURANTS AND, AND PLACES CAN, UH, GIVE OPPORTUNITIES TO DISPLAY ART AND HAVE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE'S ART SOUL. 
          SO I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO DO. 
          AND I LIVE AND QUOTE UNQUOTE, I HATE THE NAME. 
          I HATE THE NAME SOCO, UH, TRAVIS HIDE. 
          SO I'M VERY CLOSE TO THAT AND I AM VERY SAD TO SEE THAT WE'RE LOSING MORE AND MORE OF OUR VENUES. 
          SO TO THE EXTENT THAT WE CAN KEEP AUSTIN FLAVOR AND KEEP AUSTIN, AUSTIN, UM, I'M THERE 100% BECAUSE I REALLY DO. 
          YEAH, I'VE BEEN HERE 46 YEARS. 
          I'VE SEEN THE CITY CHANGE SO MUCH. 
          I'VE SEEN A LOT OF, OF FAVORITE PLACES JUST GO AWAY. 
          AND IT'S VERY SAD AND IT, IT MEANS THAT A LOT OF ARTISTS AND MUSICIANS, YOU KNOW, LOSE OPPORTUNITIES TO BE IN PLACES THAT ACTUALLY JUST, NAH, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE THAT LIVE HERE, THEY LOSE THE OPPORTUNITIES TO GO TO SOME OF THEIR FAVORITE PLACES. 
          AND SO, UH, I APPRECIATE THAT SENSITIVITY AND THAT, YOU KNOW, INCLUDING THAT IN, IN YOUR, UM, YOUR VISION. 
          SO I'LL LET OTHER PEOPLE ASK, CAUSE I'M SURE THEY HAVE MORE QUESTIONS. 
          I'M JUST SORT OF HEARING IT FOR THE FIRST TIME. 
          SO IT'S, UH, IT'S, UH, I'M EXCITED TO HEAR ALL OF THIS. 
          SO, UM, I'M, I'M EAGER TO LEARN MORE. 
          THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER MOCK. 
          SO, SO YOU, YOU PROPOSED TO INCREASE THE HEIGHT AND INCREASED CAPACITY. 
          SO I'M WONDERING, UM, WHAT ARE THOSE SPACE GOING TO BE? IT WILL BE A HOTEL AND AN OFFICE BUILDING OF HIS BUILDING. 
          SO YOU ARE NOT PLANNING TO HAVE ANY RESIDENTIAL. 
          NO, THIS, SO THE PROBLEM IS, SO SIXTH STREET YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER IS THE HIGHEST DECIBEL DISTRICT ALLOWABLE IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN AT THE MOMENT. 
          SO FOR US TO ALLOW HOUSING RIGHT HERE WOULD BE PRETTY TOUGH. 
          OKAY. 
          SO I, I DO HAVE ONE SUGGESTION. 
          I THINK WE SHOULD WORK HARD TO BRING BACK THE DILLO BRINGING BACK THAT THERE SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO WALK. 
          IT IS MY PET PEEVE. 
          I'M GOING TO ASK FOR IT, EVERY MEETING THAT I'M GOING TO HAVE, BRING THAT TO THE DEALER SO THAT THE DEALER CAN GO UP AND DOWN SIXTH STREET AND YOU KNOW, AND THEN THAT WILL SOLVE THE TRAFFIC PROBLEM. 
          I LOVE THAT IDEA PERSONALLY, BUT OFTEN TRANSPORTATION MAY NOT LIKE ME VERY MUCH FOR SAYING THAT, BUT I LOVE THAT IDEA. 
          THANK YOU, AMY. 
          WE'RE GOING TO KEEP THE DILLO SPIRIT ALIVE. 
          COMMISSIONER KARSA. 
          HEY, UH, I ACTUALLY USED TO LIVE DOWNTOWN IN THE LATE EIGHTIES, EARLY NINETIES, RIGHT ON NICHES STREET BEFORE THEY BUILT THE, UH, ALL THOSE HOTELS. 
          IN FACT, MY HOUSE IS NAT. 
          THERE'S A HOTEL WHERE MY HOUSE USED TO BE, BUT I GOT TO SEE A LOT OF THE OLD AUSTIN BACK IN THE EARLY EIGHTIES, LATE NINETIES AND WHATNOT. 
          UH, I'M A SPANISH VILLAGE. 
          I REMEMBER THOSE FOLKS. 
          UH, I REMEMBER THERE WAS A BAR, NOT A BAR, BUT A LIQUOR STORE OWNED BY THIS LEBANESE GUY. 
          AND SO THERE WAS SO MUCH DIVERSITY DOWNTOWN AT THE TIME. 
          AND WHAT I'VE SEEN IS THERE'S NO LONGER ANY CLOTHING STORES THERE NO LONGER ANY LEATHER STORES, NOT OTHERS AND FIX YOUR BOOTS KIND OF LEATHER. 
          UH, BUT, UH, AND EVEN THE OTHER KIND OF LEATHER THEY'RE CLOSING DOWN AND MOVING AWAY FROM DOWNTOWN. 
          BUT WHAT ARE WE DOING TO PRESERVE SOME OF THOSE, THE HISTORY OF AUSTIN? UH, ONE THING I DID, YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT CERTAIN BLOCKS OF DOWNTOWN AND I'M SURE YOU'RE AWARE THAT THERE WAS A RED LINING WHERE PEOPLE WHO HAD BUSINESSES DOWNTOWN OR FORCED THEIR WAY AND OUT OF DOWNTOWN. 
          UH, ARE YOU TRYING TO HONOR, THOSE KINDS OF FOLKS WHO LOST, YOU KNOW, THROUGH, YOU KNOW, INSTITUTIONAL PREJUDICE, YOU KNOW, I KIND OF REPRESENT THAT, YOU KNOW, I'M PART OF 
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THAT HISTORICALLY DISCRIMINATED AGAINST POPULATION. 
          AND SO WHAT ARE WE DOING TO ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES? SO TO AS MUCH AS WE CAN, I KIND OF BELIEVE THIS DISTRICT. 
          SO THE, THIS DISTRICT WAS THE FIRST MELTING POT. 
          IF YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THE HISTORY OF AUSTIN, IT WAS STARTED IN THIS DISTRICT AND ANYBODY WHO GOES DOWN THERE RIGHT NOW, WHO MAY NOT BE FAMILIAR WITH THE HISTORY WOULD HAVE NO IDEA. 
          AND THAT'S WHY WE THOUGHT IT WAS SO IMPORTANT TO BRING AS MUCH ARTWORK AS POSSIBLE, BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE AN AMAZING WAY TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THEM, NOTEWORTHY INDIVIDUALS AND NOTEWORTHY PROPERTIES ON, IN THIS AREA AND KIND OF GIVE, UM, HIGHLIGHT AS FAR AS THE HISTORY OF EVERYTHING. 
          UM, BUT FOR US SIXTH STREET, IT'S BRINGING IT BACK. 
          IT'S I CALL IT NOT A RENOVATION, IT'S A REVITALIZATION. 
          AND SO YOU SIX, WE ALWAYS HAD A LITTLE BIT OF GRUNGE, RIGHT? LIKE IT HAS LIKE THAT WHOLE THING WHERE YOU HAD TATTOO SHOPS AND IT WAS JUST SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 
          WE DON'T WANT TO COME AND LOSE THAT CHARACTER. 
          IF ANYTHING, WE WANT TO KIND OF BRING THAT CHARACTER BACK AND KIND OF SAY, THIS IS WHAT IT USED TO BE, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IT'S EXCLUSIVELY SHOT BARS. 
          THERE'S A COUPLE OF GREAT RESTAURANTS ON THERE, BUT THERE'S EXCLUSIVELY. 
          AND SO MIXING THAT UP, UM, LIKE I SAID, HAVING THAT RATIO PROBLEM, WHICH WE'RE COMING IN SAYING, GET, LET THESE LOCAL AUSTIN BUSINESSES ALSO HAVE A HATE HAVEN. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, IT WAS LIKE WHEN WE LOST, I MEAN, FOR ME, LUCY AND DISGUISE ON SOUTH CONGRESS, I GOT SO UPSET. 
          ONE FOUND IT THAT WAS CLOSING BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE SUCH AN AUSTIN INSTITUTION AND YOU ALMOST WISH YOU COULD HAVE A DISTRICT LIKE THIS, THAT CAME AND SAID, OKAY, IF YOU'RE COMING OUT OF SOUTH CONGRESS, COME TO COME TO SIXTH STREET, COME AND BE THAT PERSON ON SIXTH STREET THAT WE ALL LIKE HAVE JUST LOVED. 
          AND PEOPLE WHO GREW UP HERE REALLY APPRECIATE. 
          SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN BE A SAFE HAVEN FOR THOSE PROPERTY, THOSE INDIVIDUALS. 
          WELL, YEAH, CAUSE I, I, LIKE I SAID, I REMEMBER WHEN, UH, DOWNTOWN WAS THE PLACE TO BE. 
          AND LIKE I SAID, IT WAS A MIXING POT. 
          THERE WERE, YOU KNOW, LEBANESE OR A MEXICANS OR BLACKS. 
          AND THERE WERE ALL LIVING AND WORKING TOGETHER. 
          THERE WAS A SECTION THAT WAS ACTUALLY RESIDENTIAL. 
          CAUSE I KNOW I LIVED IN THE HOUSE RIGHT DOWNTOWN ON NICHES STREET AND THERE WERE A FEW BLOCKS AND YOU'RE LIKE AFTER TWO, THREE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING, UH, ALL THE PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING AT THE BAR TO GET, MAKE IT TO THEIR HOUSES AND THEN ANOTHER PARTY WOULD START IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          AND THAT WAS PRETTY COOL TOO. 
          BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS WHEN WE WERE FOCUSING ON AFFORDABILITY AS WELL, AFFORDABILITY JUST SORT OF HAPPENED BACK THEN. 
          YOU HAD THESE OLD HOUSES AND NOBODY WANTED IT. 
          AND SO THEY'RE RUNNING THEM OUT REAL CHEAP, BUT WHAT IT DO IS IT ALLOWED PEOPLE WHO WORK DOWNTOWN TO LIVE IN DOWNTOWN, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T HAVE TO DRIVE FROM KYLE FOR AN HOUR AND A HALF JUST TO WORK, YOU KNOW, FOR PERHAPS A WAGE THAT DOESN'T IS NOT LIVABLE. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I LIKE TO, LIKE AMY WAS SAYING IS LET'S BRING HOUSING BACK DOWNTOWN. 
          LET'S BRING FOLKS, YOU KNOW, FAMILIES AND WHAT NOT, OR WANT TO LIVE DOWNTOWN LIVE DOWNTOWN. 
          UH, I THINK YOU CAN PROBABLY DO A BUILDING WITH SHOPS IN THE BOTTOM AND PARKING IN THE MIDDLE AND THEN RESIDENTS ON THE TOP. 
          AND PERHAPS THAT PARKING SPACE IN BETWEEN WILL MUTE UP, NOT SOUND WHERE FOLKS WOULDN'T MIND LIVING DOWNTOWN. 
          I LIKE TO LIVE DOWNTOWN. 
          I WORKED DOWNTOWN. 
          AND SO, YOU KNOW, THE CLOSER I AM TO MY SCHOOL AND THE CULTURE EMPTY DOWNTOWN, THE HAPPIER I AM. 
          AND RIGHT NOW I'M REAL HAPPY. 
          CAUSE I, UH, LIVE NOT TOO FAR FROM BARTON WHERE, UH, MR. VANDYKE CANCELED THE STUDIO SPEC. 
          WE SAW YOU TO THE PET SUPPLY STORE A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. 
          AND SO I LIKE WHERE I LIVE IN. 
          FORTUNATELY THIS IS PROBABLY THE FIRST TIME THAT I LIVE SO CLOSE TO DOWNTOWN AND NORTH HAD TO TRIAL. 
          I WAS 35 REMOTE TO GET THERE, BUT AGAIN, LET'S MAKE DOWNTOWN LIVING AFFORDABLE. 
          I AGREE. 
          COMPLETE RELATING ON THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COMPLETELY AGREE. 
          AND I ALSO THINK FOR US, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR, FOR US TO TALK ABOUT AFFORDABILITY, NOT ONLY IN HOUSING, BUT IN ALSO RESTAURANTS. 
          SO WE'RE NOT TRYING TO GO AND DO SOME A RESTAURANT. 
          CAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY ELSE HAS TRIED TO EAT DOWNTOWN ANYTIME RECENTLY AND GOTTEN OUT FOR LESS THAN $25 FOR A SALAD, BUT IT'S REALLY HARD. 
          AND SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO CREATE SOME GREAT AFFORDABLE RESTAURANT OPTIONS DOWNTOWN, WHERE IF YOU WORK DOWNTOWN, YOU CAN ALSO EAT DOWNTOWN. 
          YOU CAN GO SEE A SHOW DOWNTOWN, YOU CAN ENJOY DOWNTOWN BECAUSE SIXTH STREET IS NOT JUST, I HATE WHEN PEOPLE SAY IT'S LIKE, OH, THIS DEVELOPERS TAKING OVER SIXTH STREET, SIXTH STREET IS THE PEOPLE'S STREET. 
          THIS IS LIKE THE INHERENT HEART OF AUSTIN. 
          THAT IT'S JUST AN ECLECTIC GROUP THAT WE WOULD JUST, IT'S BEEN AMAZING SINCE WE ANNOUNCED WHAT WE WERE DOING. 
          CAUSE WE'VE HAD PEOPLE REACHING OUT TO US, LOCAL RESTAURANT TOURS AND EVERYBODY ELSE WHO SAY WE WANT TO HELP. 
          WE WANT TO BE A PART OF IT, WHICH HAS JUST BEEN SO EXCITING. 
          AND IT'S BEEN IT'S UM, CAN'T, CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT WE END UP WITH COMMISSIONER GRAY. 
          WELL, FIRST IT SOUNDS AMAZING ON SO MANY LEVELS AND BIG, UM, HOW DO YOU PLAN ON INVOLVING THE COMMUNITY VOICES IN THE HISTORY OF AUSTIN IN WHO REPRESENTS THE HISTORY OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE CITY? IF YOU'RE SAYING THAT'S A MELTING POT, WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO GET THAT INFORMATION? SO FOR THE HISTORY PRESERVATION, AUSTIN HAS BEEN AMAZING IN HELPING US WITH SIGNIFICANT HISTORICAL FIGURES AND NOT ONLY HISTORICAL BUILDINGS, BUT HISTORICAL FIGURES THAT WERE NOTEWORTHY. 
          I MEAN, IT WAS JUST TO THE POINT WHERE THIS WAS THE FIRST BLACK OWNED BUSINESS ON, UH, ON SIXTH STREET IN AUSTIN. 
          IT WAS FIRST LEBANESE 
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ON BUSINESS, THE FIRST HISPANIC OWNED BUSINESS. 
          AND SO I THINK THERE'S A GREAT WAY THROUGH ARTWORK IS WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS HONOR THOSE FOLKS AND REALLY REPRESENT THEM. 
          BUT ALSO IT'S YOU WANT TO LOOK AT, IT'S LIKE SIX STREETS PAST SIXTH STREET PRESENT AT SIXTH STREET FUTURE AND FINDING A WAY TO INVOLVE AS MANY LOCAL ARTISTS AS POSSIBLE. 
          AND SO FOR US, WE KIND OF FEEL LIKE WE CAN DO A GREAT WAY OF INSTALLATION, FIND LOCAL ART, LOCAL ARTISTS THAT REALLY HONOR WHAT WAS USED TO BE THERE AND KIND OF JUST DISPLAY THE AMAZINGNESS OF WHAT THIS DISTRICT LIKE WAS, BUT ALSO HAVE SOME GREAT ARTISTS TO EXPLAIN WHAT THIS DISTRICT IS AND COULD BE. 
          AND SO COMING IN THROUGH THE WAY IS, THAT'S WHY WE KIND OF THOUGHT THAT ARTWORK WAS THE FIRST PERFECT WAY TO, UH, FIRST AND FOREMOST APPROACH THAT INSTEAD OF JUST, YOU KNOW, IT'S OBVIOUSLY A TENANT MIX AND IT'S EVERYTHING ELSE KIND OF WORKING TOGETHER. 
          AND IT'S, WE ALWAYS SAID WE'RE GOING TO BE REALLY, UM, NOT, NOT DISCRIMINATING IS NOT THE RIGHT WORD, BUT CAREFUL ABOUT THE PEOPLE WE PUT INTO THESE BUILDINGS BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S ROWING THE SHIP IN THE SAME DIRECTION AND REALIZE THAT, HEY, IF ONE PERSON FAILS, EVERYBODY FAILS. 
          SO IT'S ALMOST LIKE PEOPLE, WE WANT PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO WORK TOGETHER TO SAY THAT WE WANT, WE'RE ALL WORKING TOWARDS THE SAME VISION. 
          AND YOU ARE THINKING THAT MOST, IF NOT ALL OF THESE OCCUPANTS ARE AUSTIN-BASED ABSOLUTELY GREAT. 
          THAT'S GREAT. 
          UM, I HAVE A CRAZY QUESTION. 
          OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          SO I SEE THE HOTEL, I SEE THE ORIGINAL BUILDINGS BEING SHORTER. 
          DO YOU KNOW THAT LIKE JUST BALLPARK WHAT THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THAT HOTEL WOULD BE LIKE, HOW BIG IS THAT HOTEL? SO IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE ABOUT A HUNDRED TO 50, TO 160 ROOMS. OKAY. 
          ON THE BACK. 
          YEAH. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OF COURSE. 
          COMMISSIONER FLORES, SPEAKING OF SPEAKING OF ART, UM, HISTORIC PECAN STREET AND THE PECAN STREET FESTIVAL, WOULD THAT STILL BE, UH, ABLE TO, I MEAN, IF YOU SHRINK THE STREET, I MEAN, DO THE LIGHT, I MEAN, I LIKE THE IDEA OF EXPANDING THAT I KNOW, I THINK LOWER GREENVILLE DID THAT IN DALLAS. 
          THEY W THEY WIDENED THE SIDEWALKS AND CREATED A LOT OF OUTDOOR RESTAURANTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          UH, SO, UH, BUT WHAT WOULD THE FESTIVALS STILL BE, UH, ABLE TO BE HELD THERE BECAUSE THAT'S A HISTORIC EVENT IN AUSTIN AND VERY SIGNATURE EVENT. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          AND WHAT WE'RE AIMING FOR IS WHAT WE'VE KIND OF BEEN TALKING TO, UM, BRIEFLY WITH SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST AND A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT SITES. 
          OTHER INSTALLATIONS IS YOU'RE SAYING ABOUT, WE ONLY CLOSE THE STREETS AT NIGHT. 
          WHAT IF ON SATURDAY MORNINGS WE CLOSED THEM AND HAD FARMER'S MARKETS AND ALMOST SOMETHING LIKE A MINI PECAN STREET FESTIVAL, BUT EVERY WEEKEND, BUT THEN THERE'S LIVE MUSIC PLAYING AND GIVING FAMILY THAT FAMILY DYNAMIC, EVERYBODY TO MAKE THIS ACTUALLY AN 18 HOUR STREET TO GIVE PEOPLE A REASON TO COME DOWN THERE IN THE MORNINGS AND NOT JUST AT NIGHTS AND SEE EMBARCADERO IN SAN FRANCISCO, THEY HAVE ABSOLUTELY, WE HAVE MARKETS THERE AND IT'S REALLY GREAT IN THE MORNINGS. 
          IT'S, IT'S, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN WALK AND GET YOUR, YOUR VEGETABLES AND, UM, YOU KNOW, AND ALSO ENJOY OTHER, OTHER THINGS. 
          SO, YEAH, THAT SOUNDS GREAT. 
          YEAH. 
          COMMISSIONER BARNS THERE, SORRY, I'M JUST LEARNING THIS TECHNOLOGY. 
          UM, HOW DO YOU ANTICIPATE FINDING THE NEGATIVE IMPRESSION OF DIRTY SIX AS OPPOSED? I MEAN, BECAUSE I THINK THAT YOU'RE SEEING THERE IS A LOT OF REAL ESTATE TO BE BOUGHT UP BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE MOVED OUT OF THERE BECAUSE OF THE CRIME AND BECAUSE OF THE REPUTATION THAT THAT'S NOT THE COOL PLACE TO BE ANYMORE, YOU KNOW, WEST SIX, UM, CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT AREAS IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA HAVE MAYBE COME ON STRONGER THAN THE HISTORICAL SIXTH. 
          I MEAN, WHEN I MOVED HERE IN 85 TO GO TO SCHOOL, YOU KNOW, IT WAS ALL ABOUT SIXTH STREET, BUT THEN THERE'S BEEN THE EVOLUTION. 
          SO HOW DO YOU ANTICIPATE COMBATING THAT, THAT SORT OF MENTALITY? SO FIRST AND FOREMOST, NOBODY REALLY KNOWS THIS, BUT THE PHRASE DIRTY SIX PEOPLE ASSOCIATE DIRTY SEX WITH JUST THE STATE OF THE SIDEWALK'S DIRTY SIX IS ACTUALLY RACIST IN ITS CONNOTATION. 
          IT DIRTY SIX WAS CREATED WHEN CONGRESS AVENUE IS SECURED FOR ONLY WHITE OR ANGLO AND BUSINESSES. 
          AND SIXTH STREET WAS SECURED FOR LEBANESE BLACK, HISPANIC BUSINESSES, WHICH IS WHERE THEY GOT THE NAME. 
          SO THE FIRST ITEM OF ON OUR AGENDA IS TO GET RID OF THAT NON BUCHER BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S OUTDATED AND IT'S REPRESENTS A HORRIBLE TIME, UM, FOR US TO, I THINK, UH, THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS WE CAME IN AND WE HAVE SECURED. 
          WE HAVE OBVIOUSLY WITH OUR LARGER, UM, FUNDING IS TO COME AT IT FROM A MULTITUDE OF VARIABLES. 
          SO YOU CAN'T JUST SAY, OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO GO AND PUT UP A HOTEL AND EVERYTHING'S GOING TO BE FIXED. 
          AND THAT'S WHY WE WENT AND REALLY ACQUIRED AS 
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MUCH AS WE DID, BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE HA WE'RE SHOWING A DIFFERENCE IN THE DISTRICT FROM THE TIME YOU ENTER TO THE TIME YOU EXIT, BUT ALSO THE DISTRICT ISN'T JUST GOING TO BE FROM THE USES. 
          IT'S GOING TO BE SIDEWALKS. 
          IT'S GOING TO BE STREETS. 
          IT'S GOING TO BE BASICALLY A WAY THIS STREET FUNCTIONS. 
          AND WE HAVEN'T REALLY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY, UM, BECAUSE I DON'T, I DON'T THINK ONE SINGLE ENTITY HAS OWNED THE MAJORITY OF IT, WHICH IS GREAT ON SOME LEVELS, BUT NO ONE REALLY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY WITH SOUTH CONGRESS TO MAKE SOUTH CONGRESS A REALLY SELECT DISTRICT. 
          IT'S BEEN KIND OF JUST A PIECE MAIL OF DEVELOPMENTS THAT HAVE GONE ON. 
          SO I THINK WE'RE IN A REALLY UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT SIXTH STREET AND EXAMINE IT UNDER A MICROSCOPE HERE. 
          A LOT OF VOICES HERE, A LOT OF OPINIONS AND TRY TO MAKE IT AS, AS GREAT AS POSSIBLE. 
          BUT THAT'S WHY WE KIND OF SAID YOU NEEDED EVERYBODY ROWING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE A HEAVY LIFT TO CHANGE THE, KIND OF WHAT YOU THINK OF THIS STREET AS, AS FAR AS WHAT IT HASN'T BEEN. 
          AND ESPECIALLY FROM A SAFETY PERSPECTIVE, ONE OF THE LARGEST THINGS WE ARE CONCENTRATING ON IS MAKING SIXTH STREETS, SAFER, MAKING INDIVIDUALS WHO COME DOWN HERE, UH, FEEL SAFE AND FEEL THAT THEY THEY'RE ALLOWED TO WALK TO THEIR CAR WITHOUT ANY FEAR OF VIOLENCE OR ANY FEAR OF, UH, ANYTHING ELSE HAPPENING. 
          SO THAT'S OUR FIRST AND FOREMOST, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, IT'S, IT'S GONNA BE A HEAVY LIFT, BUT WE'RE UP, I HOPE WE'RE UP TO THE TASK COMMISSIONER GRAY, I'M BAD. 
          A HEAVY LIFT. 
          YES. 
          WHAT IS, UH, DO YOU HAVE A SOURCE OR WHAT'S IN, WHAT'S APPLIED THE STRATEGIC PLAN OF A TIMELINE. 
          SO WE ARE, WE HAVE THE CAPITAL TO GO. 
          NOW. 
          WE WANT TO BE VERY CAREFUL AND STRATEGIC. 
          WE'RE NOT TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT TRYING TO GET IT AS FAST AS POSSIBLE. 
          WE'RE TRYING TO DO IT RIGHT. 
          AND SO I THINK THAT WE, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO WORK WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN'S HISTORIC DEPARTMENT, AS FAR AS WHAT BUILDINGS ARE WE KEEPING, LET'S HEAR YOUR RESEARCH, LET'S HEAR OUR RESEARCH AND COME TO SOME CONCLUSION THAT WE BOTH CAN PRETTY MUCH AGREE ON. 
          OBVIOUSLY THERE IS GOING TO BE, THIS IS A NATIONAL REGISTERED HISTORIC DISTRICT. 
          THERE'S ME SOME STRONG OPINIONS, BUT WE DIDN'T WANT TO BE ONE OF THOSE DEVELOPERS WHO SHOVES IT DOWN. 
          PEOPLE'S THROATS THAT PEOPLE, AND THEN SAY, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE DOING TOUGH. 
          AND SO WANTED TO BE CAREFUL, WANTED TO BE CONSIDERATE AND HEAR AS MANY OPINIONS AS POSSIBLE, WHICH IS WHY AS YOU SEE, WE SEE THAT SIXTH STREET GOT INTO THE NEWS, BUT WE WEREN'T THE ONES REALLY PUTTING IT OUT THERE TO SUCH A DEGREE, BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE COMING UP WITH SOME GREAT RENDERING, SOME GREAT PHOTOS OF WHAT THIS POSSIBLY COULD BE. 
          AND INSTEAD OF TRYING TO BE FAST AT IT, WE WANTED TO MAKE IT RIGHT. 
          THAT'S GREAT. 
          THANK YOU FOR THAT ONE QUESTION RELATIVE TO THAT RIGHT NOW IN THE PLAN, WHAT WOULD BE THE FIRST THING? SO THE FIRST THING WOULD PROBABLY FOR OUR NEXT ONE WOULD BE THE DESIGN OF THE, UH, HOTEL AND OFFICE LIKE OFFICE BUILDING, BECAUSE ONE OF THE MAJOR QUESTIONS WE GOT FROM COUNCIL AND A MULTITUDE OF PEOPLE IS WHY DID WE NEED DENSITY, UH, FOR, TO CHANGE THIS DISTRICT AND WHY COULDN'T WE DO IT? AND THE MAIN REASON IS A LOT OF THESE BUILDINGS HAVE BEEN NEGLECTED FOR A VERY LONG TIME AND THE AMOUNT OF MONEY IT WOULD TAKE TO PUT IN THE GREASE TRAP INFRASTRUCTURE YOU NEEDED FOR A RESTAURANT WOULD MAKE THIS WHOLE PROJECT NOT ECONOMICALLY FEASIBLE. 
          SO THE DENSITY ALLOWS US TO GO TO ALL THESE OTHER BUILDINGS AND REALLY CREATE SOME INFRASTRUCTURE IN THERE THAT WE CAN GET THE BEST POSSIBLE TENANTS. 
          UM, SO WE'RE VERY, VERY MUCH BEING CAREFUL AND CONSIDER IT. 
          BUT SINCE WE ARE TRYING TO, IT ALMOST NEGATIVELY AFFECTS US ON A TIMELINE PERSPECTIVE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET LOCAL HERE BECAUSE THE LOCALS ARE THE MOST FAMILIAR WITH HOW THIS DISTRICT HAS OPERATED OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS. 
          SO UNTIL WE HAVE A SOLID PLAN THAT WE CAN VISUALLY SEE AND GET PEOPLE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT, WE REALLY WANT IT TO BE CAREFUL. 
          AND SO I THINK ONCE WE HAVE THAT PLAN, YOU'LL SEE, WE'LL HAVE DIFFERENT TENANTS SIGNED UP DIFFERENT TENANTS WILL GO. 
          AND THEN WHILE THE HOTEL AND OFFICE BUILDING WILL BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION. 
          THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          I'VE GOT ONE MORE QUESTION. 
          MY CHAIR'S ABOUT TO SLAP ME SILLY, UH, IN A PERFECT WORLD. 
          EVERYTHING GOES THE WAY YOU DESCRIBE IT VERY WELL. 
          HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO FINISH? UM, IDEALLY FIVE YEARS. 
          COOL. 
          YEAH, THAT WAS ACTUALLY LESS THAN I PUT IN MY HEAD. 
          I'M GLAD I ASKED THAT QUESTION. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          COMMISSIONER GRAY WOULD NEVER, UM, COMMISSIONER VAN DYKE AND THEN COMMISSIONER GARZA. 
          HI. 
          UM, I APPRECIATE THAT YOU'RE LOCAL. 
          UM, I APPRECIATE YOUR VISION THAT YOU'RE CREATING OF USING LOCAL ARTISTS, LOCAL ART. 
          UM, MY EXPERIENCE, I WORKED WITH, UH, OTHER DEVELOPERS FOR A HOTEL DOWNTOWN, UM, A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO AND THEY CAME TO ME AND SAID, WE WANT TO FILL THE HOTEL WITH LOCAL ARTISTS, LOCAL, LOCAL ART. 
          UM, AND WE WANT TO FILL THE WHOLE, UM, ENTRANCE WITH YOUR ART. 
          AND I, OF COURSE, GOT ALL EXCITED AND WORK WITH THEM FOR A WHILE. 
          AND OVER TIME, WHAT THEY SAID WAS, WELL, WE TOOK A DIFFERENT TURN. 
          UM, IT WAS, YOU KNOW, UH, 
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THE INTERIOR DESIGNER WAS NOT LOCAL, UM, AND WHAT THEY ENDED UP WITH WAS DEFINITELY NOT LOCAL. 
          UM, SO I, I HOPE YOU FOLLOW THROUGH WITH THIS, UH, UH, I I'D LOVE TO BE EXCITED, I GUESS I'M A LITTLE CAUTIOUSLY EXCITED, BUT THANK YOU FOR, THANK YOU FOR THE, THE, UH, THE IDEAS AND VISION THAT YOU'RE PUTTING OUT THERE. 
          APPRECIATE IT. 
          YOU WOULDN'T BE THE FIRST TO BE A LITTLE BIT DISTRUSTFUL OF DEVELOPERS, SO THAT'S OKAY. 
          HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY WE CAN JUST, YOU KNOW, PUT OUR MONEY WHERE OUR MOUTH IS. 
          YEAH. 
          TO, THERE WE GO. 
          AH, I BELIEVE IN YOUR PRESENTATION, YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE GREEN BELT THAT YOU GUYS ARE WORKING WITH. 
          IS THAT CORRECT? UH, THE WATERLOO CONSERVANCIES. 
          SO THE, HOW THEY'RE DOING THE COMPLETE RENOVATION. 
          RIGHT, RIGHT. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THEN, UH, WHAT DO YOU THINK SHOULD HAPPEN TO PALM SCHOOL? THAT IS, THERE'S A LOT SMARTER PEOPLE THAN ME WHO ARE JUST GOING AT THAT FROM A MULTITUDE OF DIFFERENT WAYS. 
          AND I WANT TO SAY I HAVEN'T BEEN UP TO DATE ON THE MOST RECENT CAUSE I KNOW THERE WAS A RECENT, UM, DEVELOPER INPUT SEMINAR ON A SATURDAY. 
          IT WAS A, I WANT TO SAY WITH WAS LIKE TWO, A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO THAT I WASN'T ABLE TO ATTEND. 
          SO I, UM, I HOPE IT STAYS LOCAL. 
          I HOPE IT STAYS, UM, SOME, UH, A GREAT UTILIZATION OF WHAT AUSTIN AND REPRESENTS WHAT IT WAS LIKE. 
          I MEAN, WHAT IT WAS AND HONORS IT IN A SPECIFIC WAY, BUT I HAVE, I DON'T THINK I'M UP TO DATE VERY MUCH ON WHAT SOME IDEAS ARE TO REALLY COMMENT ON IT, TO SUCH A GREAT EXTENT. 
          WELL, UH, TOM SCHOOL WAS THE ORIGINAL SEGREGATED MEXICAN-AMERICAN SCHOOL, UH, FOR A LONG TIME. 
          AND SO WHAT FOLKS ARE IN THE COMMUNITY ARE TALKING ABOUT, DO YOU A SUPPORT SARAH DOWN AND BUILD MORE HOTELS OR WHATNOT, OR B DO YOU SUPPORT MAKING THE MUSEUM THAT HONORS THE HISTORY AND THE STRUGGLES THAT MINORITY COMMUNITIES IN AUSTIN ON I'M A HUGE PROPONENT OF MAKING IT A MUSEUM? I THINK, YOU KNOW, YEAH, I THINK WE'RE, ANYWAY. 
          I THINK AUSTIN'S HISTORY IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO SAVE AND PRESERVE. 
          OKAY. 
          BECAUSE I WENT TO A MEETING ON SATURDAY, BUT A BUNCH OF FOLKS, AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT WAS PALM SCHOOL AND TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, WE SUPPORT THOSE FOLKS TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY AND SUPPORT THE PRESERVATION AND OPPOSE THOSE WHO ARE TRYING TO GENTRIFY, BUT, UH, BLANCHARD YOU'RE YOU'RE ON THE MUSEUM SITE. 
          THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER FLORES, THEN I'VE GOT SOME QUESTIONS. 
          OH, OKAY. 
          SORRY. 
          WELL, THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          AND THANK YOU FOR LEBECK BECAUSE YES, I AM ON RECORD, UH, OF MAKING SURE THAT THAT IS A, UH, A MUSEUM FOR MEXICAN AMERICAN HISTORY AND THE PRESERVATION OF THAT, UH, OUR COMMUNITY IS BEING RAISED, UH, FROM EAST SIDE. 
          AND, AND, YOU KNOW, WE HOPE THAT THE FIFTH STREET CORRIDOR, UH, WILL ALSO, WHICH WAS A HUGE HISTORY OF THE MEXICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY WILL, UH, BE REVITALIZED SO THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN REMEMBER THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE MEXICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY TO AUSTIN. 
          AND SO I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          AND I APPRECIATE YOUR PERSONAL OPINION. 
          I KNOW IT'S MAYBE NOT YOUR COMPANIES, BUT I WOULD HOPE THAT IT WOULD BE, UH, AND THE OTHER THING IS FOLLOWING UP ON, UM, RICK'S, UH, UM, LINE OF QUESTIONING. 
          UH, YEAH. 
          YOU KNOW, I HOPE THAT SOME OF THE, YOU KNOW, THE EXCHANGES FOR ALLOWING FOR THE DENSITY AND THE HEIGHT, UH, WOULD BE SECURED THROUGH COMMITMENTS THAT THIS, THAT THE PLAN WILL BE WHAT THE PLAN IS AND THAT THE, THE, THE, THE ASSURANCES THAT YOU'RE MAKING HERE IN PUBLIC WILL, WILL BE PART OF WHATEVER THE AGREEMENT IS WHEN YOU DO GET THOSE CONSIDERATIONS THAT YOU WILL BE, UH, MAKE SURE THAT, UH, THE PLANS THAT ARE LAID OUT ARE MAINTAINED AND THAT THOSE AGREEMENTS THAT IT'S PUT DOWN IN AN AGREEMENT SO THAT WE CAN, UM, MAKE SURE THAT IS THE VISION THAT IS BEING PRESENTED IS WHAT THE VISION THAT WILL BE REALIZED. 
          SO, BUT, AND I, I APPRECIATE YOUR PRESENTATION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, CAITLIN, FOR BEING HERE AND FOR TAKING SUCH CARE IN ANSWERING ALL OF OUR QUESTIONS, I THINK YOU'VE DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB AND HAVING SEEN THE ORIGINAL PRESENTATION TO MUSIC, UM, REALLY BUILT UPON THAT AND FILLED IN A LOT OF THE GAPS. 
          I KNOW WE COMMUNICATED ABOUT THE CONSULTANT THAT I'M SO EXCITED TO HEAR ABOUT WHO YOU'VE CHOSEN, AND THAT THAT'S NOW A POSITION WITHIN THIS, UH, THIS PROJECT. 
          UM, I ABSOLUTELY WANT TO INVITE YOU BACK, UH, TO KEEP US ABREAST OF LIKE WHAT'S HAPPENING. 
          UM, I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, YOU KNOW, YOU ACKNOWLEDGED AFFORDABILITY JUST AS A PATRON, BUT WHEN WE THINK ABOUT BEING A BUSINESS OWNER IN AUSTIN, UM, YOU KNOW, BEING ABLE TO, TO COVER YOUR OVERHEAD AND WHY THINGS ARE SO EXPENSIVE, IT'S JUST EXPENSIVE TO BE HERE. 
          AND THOSE RESTAURANTS AND THOSE OWNERS THAT WE'VE SEEN HISTORICALLY DISPLACED, YOU KNOW, AND LEAVE BECAUSE OF AFFORDABILITY. 
          WHAT SORT OF EQUITABLE PRACTICE, IF ANY, ARE YOU BRINGING, IS THE APPROACH IN TERMS OF INVITING THESE BUSINESSES TO OCCUPY 
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THESE SPACES? HOW DO WE ENSURE THAT THEY CAN AFFORD TO BE HERE IF WE WANT, UM, THAT REPRESENTATION OF THIS MELTING POT THAT, YOU KNOW, I LOVE THE REVITALIZATION OF THAT TERM. 
          UH, THAT WAS LIKE FIRST GRADE, BRINGING IT BACK, LET'S DO IT. 
          UM, BUT I I'M, THAT'S MY CONCERN IS LIKE THE AFFORDABILITY THAT PERMEATES EVERY LAYER OF THIS. 
          AND SO ENSURING THAT NOT ONLY IS IT MEXICAN FOOD, BUT IT'S MEXICAN OWNED, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S SOUL FOOD, BUT IT'S ALSO BLACK OWNED. 
          UM, AND SO I'M JUST CURIOUS, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THAT PROCESS GOING TO BE WHEN THESE BUILDINGS ARE READY IN TERMS OF THAT INVITATION TO BE DOWNTOWN? HOW IS THAT GOING TO BE PERPETUALLY, UM, ACCESSIBLE? THE KIND OF AMAZING THING THAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF LOCAL AUSTIN BUSINESSES PARTNER TOGETHER. 
          UM, AS FAR AS LIKE A MUSIC VENUE, AS WE SEE THE AFFORDABILITY PROCESS OF A MUSIC VENUE IS MAKING IT NOT SUSTAINABLE FOR A MUSIC VENUE TO EXIST IN THE DOWNTOWN AUSTIN CORRIDOR ANYMORE. 
          AND SO WHAT WE'RE COMING OUT AND WE'RE FRANKLY COMING UP WITH PEOPLE SAYING, OKAY, LET'S PARTNER, YOU LIKE YOU AND THIS LOCAL AMAZING REST AUSTIN RESTAURANT TOUR THAT CAN BE OPEN DURING THE DAY AND THE MUSIC. 
          THEN YOU CAN BE OPEN AT NIGHT TO FIND SOME REALLY CREATIVE OPTIONS AND ALLOWING FOR LEASE STRUCTURES THAT ARE A LITTLE MORE FLEXIBLE TO ALLOW THAT TO HAPPEN AND MORE LIKE LOW AND BUSINESS TO OPERATE. 
          BUT I ALSO THINK AS FAR AS THE INVOLVING OF DENSITY AND WHAT WE'RE DOING, WE'RE HOPING TO REALLY CREATE SOME REALLY GREAT INCUBATOR SPACES THAT CAN BE UTILIZED BY, YOU KNOW, AUSTIN MUSICIANS OR AUSTIN ARTISTS OR ANYTHING ELSE. 
          SO MAYBE IF YOU'RE SAYING THAT MAYBE WE CAN'T AFFORD TO TAKE ON A FULL-TIME LEASE AND WE CAN'T COMMIT TO A 10 YEAR LEASE TERM THAT WE CAN HAVE SMALLER INCUBATOR SPACES IN A MUCH LARGER SPACE, SIMILAR TO, I DON'T KNOW. 
          UM, AND IT LIKE NOT SO MUCH A NEIGHBORHOOD GOODS, LIKE I THAT'S MY MOST RELEVANT EXAMPLE, BUT IF YOU CAN HAVE SMALLER SPACES WHERE INSTEAD OF HAVING TO LEASE 3000 SQUARE FEET, WHICH DOESN'T MAKE IT ECONOMICALLY AFFORDABLE FOR ANYBODY YOU'RE LEASING 200 SQUARE FEET. 
          AND SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US BECAUSE THAT GIVES US A WIDE VARIETY OF ECLECTIC AUSTIN ARTISTS THAT CAN REALLY GO AND SHOWCASE THEIR MATERIAL, BUT ALSO WITH MUSICIANS, IT GIVES IT, UH, MUSICIANS AN OPPORTUNITY TO, TO COME PLAY, BUT NOT HAVE TO MAYBE COMMIT TO HUGE A MUSIC VENUE THAT IN THESE TIMES THAT WE'VE SEEN POST COVID, UH, COULD REALLY, REALLY AFFECT. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK EVERYBODY'S A LITTLE BIT NERVOUS ABOUT SIGNING A 10 YEAR LEASE AND CAN MAKING THAT COMMITMENT, UH, AFTER WHAT WE JUST ALL JUST WENT THROUGH. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          AND A RECENT VISIT TO DENVER. 
          I ACTUALLY SAW A, SORT OF A COLLECTIVE UNDER THAT. 
          IT'S LIKE A METRO STATION STALL AND EAST SIDE KING IS THERE AND, YOU KNOW, FAMILIAR FACES FROM AUSTIN, BUT IT IS SORT OF A COOPERATIVE OF RESTAURANTS. 
          THAT'S MORE OF LIMITED MENU. 
          YOU COME UP AND YOU CAN GET A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING. 
          AND I THOUGHT THAT IT WAS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF HOW TO MAXIMIZE A LARGE SPACE WITH MULTIPLE BUSINESSES THAT ACTS ALMOST AS LIKE A VERY CONTEMPORARY CAFETERIA WITH VERY TRENDY SEATING AND NEON AND FUN THINGS TO SEE. 
          SO I'M EXCITED TO HEAR THAT THAT'S ABSOLUTELY A PART OF THE SCOPE AND YOU'RE KEEPING THAT IN MIND. 
          UM, THERE'S ONE THING I HAVEN'T HEARD ANY REFERENCE TO, AND THAT'S OUR UNHOUSED NEIGHBORS. 
          AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT SAFETY, WE'RE SORT OF ALLUDING THAT AS ONE OF THE ISSUES. 
          AND I WOULD HATE TO SEE FURTHER DISPLACEMENT, UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN CONSTRUCTION BREAKS GROUND, YOU KNOW, THINGS ARE JUST GOING TO GET PUSHED AROUND. 
          AND SO I'M CURIOUS, ARE YOU PARTNERING WITH A LOCAL ORGANIZATION OR IS THIS SOMETHING YOU'RE KEEPING IN MIND? HOW DO WE INCLUDE OUR UNHOUSED NEIGHBORS IN THIS DEVELOPMENT? BECAUSE THEY'RE ABSOLUTELY PART OF THIS COMMUNITY AND DESERVE THAT ATTENTION. 
          WE'VE DONE, UM, QUITE QUITE A FEW STUDIES. 
          AND THE INTERESTING THING ABOUT IT IS WHEN WE REFERENCED THE SAFETY, UM, COMPONENT OF SIXTH STREET, UM, I KNOW EVERYBODY'S KIND OF FAMILIAR WITH, UH, THE AREA AROUND THE HOMELESS SHELTER, UH, ESPECIALLY IN DOWNTOWN AND SOME OF THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE WHO ARE DOWN THERE, NOT MAJORITY, BUT I WILL SAY OUR SELECT FEW THAT ARE PREYING UPON THE HOMELESS POPULATION DOWN THERE. 
          AND SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I REFERENCED AS FAR AS THE SAFETY ISSUE AND EVERYTHING IN THAT WAY. 
          UM, WE ARE HOPING FOR OUR DEVELOPER, HOPEFULLY OUR DEVELOPMENT WILL DISPERSE SOME OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS INSTEAD OF BEFORE, BUT AFFORDABILITY AND HAVING, YOU KNOW, HOMELESS SERVICES ARE A HUGE COMPONENT IN IT, LIKE IN JUST THAT AREA IN GENERAL. 
          UM, AND AS WE SEE JUST THE RED RIVER CONNECTION WITH SIXTH STREET IS VERY IMPORTANT. 
          AND SO FOR US RIGHT NOW, WE'RE TRYING TO DO THIS FOR OUR SIXTH STREET, THE MOST RESPECTFUL WAY POSSIBLE TO UTILIZE AND DO THIS IN STAGES. 
          SO WE'RE NOT DISPLACING OUR HOMELESS POPULATION AT THAT POINT, UH, AND NOT TRYING TO DRIVE THEM OFF THE STREET BY HAVING THIS MASSIVE AMOUNT OF DEVELOPMENT HAPPENING ALL AT ONCE AND, YOU KNOW, PUSHING THEM INTO SOME SMALLER AREA BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY, I MEAN OUR UNHOUSED INDIVIDUALS, THIS IS KIND OF, YOU KNOW, JUST BECAUSE THERE'S NOTHING REALLY HAPPENING DURING THE DAY. 
          THIS IS THE LOCATION WHERE MANY OF THEM CONCRETE. 
          YEAH, DEFINITELY. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          UM, WE'VE TAKEN A LOT OF YOUR TIME. 
          I WANT TO GIVE ONE LAST OPPORTUNITY TO COMMISSIONERS TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS, BUT AGAIN, I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE YOU BACK TO GIVE US SOME UPDATES. 
          I WANT TO HEAR WHO YOU'LL BE WORKING WITH. 
          I'M VERY EXCITED TO HEAR THAT YOU GUYS WILL BE WORKING WITH LOCAL ARTISTS. 
          UM, AGAIN, DENVER 
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IS A GREAT EXAMPLE. 
          THEIR RHINO ART DISTRICT IS JUST LIKE ONE MILE LONG MURAL WITH DOZENS AND DOZENS OF ARTISTS. 
          UM, SO I'M EXCITED TO HEAR THAT, YOU KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT ARTS DISTRICTS AND HOW WE'RE SORT OF VOID OF ONE. 
          WE HAVE A COMPLEX IN TOWN THAT HOUSES A LOT OF CREATIVE SPACES, UM, AND WORK, UH, WORKSPACE AND, AND GALLERY SPACE. 
          SO I'M EXCITED TO HEAR THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE MORE OF THAT HERE AND INCREASED OPPORTUNITY FOR LOCAL MUSICIANS. 
          UM, I THINK I'M, I'M GOOD ON QUESTIONS I'M GOING TO, IT WAS AN ONSLAUGHT AND I FEEL LIKE THERE'S A LOT TO BE DONE IN BREAKING GROUND. 
          AND WE'RE SORT OF GETTING TIED UP IN THE DETAILS OF THE, OF THE FINE TUNING, BUT I'M VERY EXCITED TO HEAR THAT YOU'RE WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH PRESERVATION AUSTIN AND A LOCAL HISTORIAN. 
          I THINK HONORING THAT, UM, AS A PART OF THIS COLLECTIVE HISTORY IS, IS HUGE. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND PLEASE STAY IN TOUCH AND WHENEVER YOU HAVE UPDATES FOR US, WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU BACK. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. 
          I SO APPRECIATE IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          WITH THAT, WE'RE GOING 
          [8. Staff briefing regarding the Creative Space Assistance Program by Kim McCarson, Music & Entertainment Division Program Manager]
TO MOVE ON TO STAFF BRIEFINGS. 
          WE HAVE A STEP BRIEFING REGARDING CREATIVE SPACE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM WITH KIM CARSON MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT DIVISION PROGRAM MANAGER. 
          AND I BELIEVE ERICA SHAMLEY IS ON THE LINE AS WELL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GOOD EVENING. 
          GREAT TO SEE EVERYBODY GETS BEEN AWHILE SINCE I'VE SEEN THE ARTS COMMISSION. 
          I'M KIM MCCARSON PROGRAM MANAGER WITH THE MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT DIVISION WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 
          AND TONIGHT I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE CREATIVE SPACE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM GUIDELINES FOR FISCAL YEAR 23. 
          NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          SO THE PROGRAM PURPOSE IS VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU HAVE SEEN IN YEARS PAST, UH, CSF. 
          WE CALL IT FOR SHORT SUPPORTS CREATIVE ORGANIZATIONS FACING TEMPORARY OR PERMANENT DISPLACEMENT FOR, UM, OR NEW COMMERCIAL LEASES AT MUCH HIGHER OR AN AFFORDABLE RATES. 
          NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          SO, UH, THIS YEAR WE HAVE $1.5 MILLION IN THE BUDGET, OR THE C-SAT FROM GRAHAM AWARDS WILL BE GIVEN BETWEEN 5,000 AND $50,000 EACH. 
          UH, THOSE ELIGIBLE FOR THE PROGRAM WOULD BE ARTS FOCUSED NONPROFITS, SELECT FOR-PROFIT CREATIVE BUSINESSES AS DESCRIBED IN OUR PROGRAM GUIDELINES, INDEPENDENT ARTISTS WHO WERE SEEKING TO SUPPORT THEIR SHORT TERM OR MONTH TO MONTH COMMERCIAL LEASES. 
          AND THE PROPERTY MUST BE LOCATED IN THE AUSTIN CITY LIMITS OR ETJ. 
          NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          SO I THINK MOST OF YOU HAS, HAVE SEEN THIS SLIDE MANY TIMES, THE, THIS IS STRAIGHT FROM THE PROGRAM GUIDELINES AND IT DESCRIBES THE ELIGIBILITY FOR THE FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS FOR LIVE MUSIC, VENUES, PERFORMANCE VENUES, AND THEATERS AND MUSEUM, AND, UM, ART GALLERIES. 
          SO I WON'T GO THROUGH ALL THE DETAILS OF IT, UH, SINCE I, MOST OF YOU, I THINK YOU'VE SEEN IT MULTIPLE TIMES. 
          SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE. 
          IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR YOU WANT ME TO GO BACK TO IT, PLEASE LET ME KNOW. 
          I THINK WE LOST THE, UH, PRESENTATION. 
          WE CAN SEE IT HERE. 
          WE'VE GOT ELIGIBLE USES OF FUNDS. 
          OH, YOU CAN SEE IT THERE. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          WELL, UM, I'M SEEING SOMETHING DIFFERENT. 
          SO I'M GOING TO PULL UP MY COPY AND I WILL JUST CONTINUE ON. 
          SO THE NEXT SLIDE ELIGIBLE USES OF FUNDS. 
          UM, SO WHAT THE FUNDS WILL PAY FOR OUR LEASE PAYMENTS STIPENDS AS IN THE PAST GAP FINANCING, UH, FOR PROPERTY ACQUISITIONS AND OTHER SPACE RELATED NEEDS LIKE FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO THE PROGRAM GUIDELINE IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING BENCHMARK DRIVEN DISTRIBUTION. 
          SO IN THE PAST WE'VE SEEN AS SCHEDULE WHERE PAYMENTS ARE DISTRIBUTED. 
          ONCE THE CITY RECEIVES A RECEIPTS ON A REIMBURSABLE BASIS, UM, WE NO LONGER HAVE TO DO IT THAT WAY. 
          UM, REASONS ARE BECAUSE THIS PROGRAM IS NO LONGER PART OF CHAPTER THREE 80, AND IT IS NOT A HOT FUNDER PROGRAM EITHER. 
          SO THERE'S, UH, THERE'S A LITTLE MORE LEEWAY ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO DO IT. 
          AND, UM, SO WE'RE DOING, UH, UH, DOING A SCHEDULED, UH, TRAUNCH SYSTEM INSTEAD OF THE REIMBURSABLE PAYMENTS, AS IN THE PAST, UH, RENT STIPEND CALCULATION IS GOING TO BE DIFFERENT AS WELL. 
          IN THE PAST, WE DID AN AWARD BASED ON, UM, UH, WHAT THE INCREASE IN RENT WAS BEFORE FOR RENT 
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STIPEND. 
          AND NOW IT'S GOING TO BE A FLAT 30% OF BASE RENT AND WHICH CAN'T EXCEED $50,000. 
          UH, THE WORD MINIMUM IS NOW 5,000. 
          IF YOU'LL REMEMBER, THERE WAS NO WARD, A MINIMUM IN THE PAST, AND WE FOUND THAT, UH, HAVING AN AWARD MINIMUM IS MORE IMPACTFUL. 
          UM, SO WE'RE MAKING THAT $5,000 AND, UM, WE'VE ALWAYS HAD A 10 POINT BONUS IN THIS PROGRAM FOR PEOPLE WHO HADN'T RECEIVED THE PROGRAM IN THE PAST, I HAD RECEIVED FUNDS FROM THE PROGRAM IN THE PAST. 
          THAT'S NOW EXPANDED TO, UM, HAVING RECEIVED THE, UH, LAST YEAR'S AUSTIN TO OUR LAST ROUNDS, AUSTIN CREATIVE SPACE, DISASTER LEAP PROGRAM, THE LIVE MUSIC VENUE PRESERVATION FUND, THE LEGACY BUSINESS RELIEF GRANT, THE SMALL BUSINESS RELIEF GRANT, THE NONPROFIT CREATIVE LEAF, BRENT, BASICALLY ALL OF OUR COVID BELIEF PROGRAMS FROM THE DEPARTMENT. 
          UM, SO IF YOU, IF AN APPLICANT RECEIVED MONEY FROM THOSE PROGRAMS, THEY WOULD NOT GET THE 10 BONUS POINTS. 
          UM, AND IF THEY DIDN'T GET A SHARE OF ANY OF THAT, UM, THEN THEY WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE 10TH BONUS POINTS. 
          NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          SO, UH, THE, THE SCORING MATRIX, UM, IS NEXT. 
          AND, UH, IF YOU LOOK TO THE LEFT, THAT COLUMN IS THE CATEGORIES OF SCORING AND THE FAR RIGHT REPRESENTS ALL THE POINTS AVAILABLE FOR EACH CATEGORY. 
          SO FIRST CATEGORY IS ACCESS TO SERVICES, UM, APPLICANTS WHO LACK ACCESS TO SERVICES LIKE TRADITIONAL FUNDING, UH, AND HEALTHCARE COVERAGE FOR EMPLOYEES, OR IF THE APPLICANT LIVES IN OR THE PROJECT IS LOCATED AND THE QUALIFIED CENSUS TRACT, UM, THEY CAN EARN UP TO 30 POINTS, COMPELLING PROJECT NEED. 
          UM, IF THE APPLICANT DEMONSTRATES THAT THE FUNDING WILL ADDRESS A COMPELLING PROJECT NEED THAT'S UP TO 20 POINTS. 
          AND SOME EXAMPLES OF THAT MIGHT INCLUDE EXPANDING ONE ORGANIZATION, THE AUDIENCE, OR CREATING SUSTAINABILITY, IMPROVING OR EXPANDING SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          UM, THE NEXT CATEGORY IS URGENCY. 
          UM, THIS IS, UH, PROBABLY LOOKS VERY FAMILIAR TO YOU. 
          UH, THE MOST URGENT ARE FOLKS PLACING, UH, FACING DISPLACEMENT WITHIN A SIX MONTH PERIOD. 
          UM, URGENT IS SEVEN TO 13 MONTHS. 
          LESS URGENT IS 14 TO 20 MONTHS MAXIMUM POINTS IN THAT CATEGORY, 15 COLOCATION, UH, THE APPLICANT DEMONSTRATES, UH, COLLOCATION OR SUBLEASING OPPORTUNITIES. 
          AND THAT MEANS, UH, CO-LOCATION HAS SERVED HER FANCY APPLICANTS MISSION, OR THE APPLICANT HAS INCREASED ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE SPACE FOR OTHER CREATIVES, OR THE COLLOCATION IS IMPROVED PROGRAMMATIC EFFICIENCIES AND COLLABORATION AMONGST THE CREATIVES. 
          SO THAT'S A UP TO 15 POINTS. 
          UM, COMMUNITY BENEFIT DEMONSTRATES THE IMPACT TO THE COMMUNITY THROUGH MISSION PROGRAMS, EVENTS, AND RELATIONSHIPS. 
          THAT'S FIVE POINTS, EQUITY. 
          THE APPLICANT DEMONSTRATES A COMMITMENT TO EQUITY AND SERVING HISTORICALLY UNDERREPRESENTED COMMUNITIES THAT COULD BE THROUGH MISSION FOCUS EVENT, SCHEDULE OUTREACH, AND MARKETING, OFFERING PROGRAMS TO UNDERREPRESENTED COMMUNITIES. 
          AND THAT IS WORTH 20 POINTS, UM, EVENT HISTORY AND PROGRAMMING ADVANCEMENT YOU'VE SEEN BEFORE, UH, DEMONSTRATES A QUALITY ADVANCEMENT EVENT, HISTORY AND ARTISTIC PROGRAMMING AND SERVICES EVERY TIME. 
          UM, THIS IS WORTH FIVE POINTS AND CAN INCLUDE THINGS LIKE NEW STAFF, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, UH, HIRING NEW STAFF AND HAVING NEW VOLUNTEERS, EQUIPMENT PURCHASES FOR AUDIENCE ENHANCEMENTS, IMPROVED PRODUCTION, QUALITY, ET CETERA. 
          AND THEN OF COURSE THE NEW RECIPIENT BONUS WE JUST TALKED ABOUT. 
          AND THERE'S THE LIST AGAIN, OF ALL THE PROGRAMS THAT WOULD, WOULD PREVENT YOU FROM GETTING THE 10 BONUS POINTS. 
          UH, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          SO THE IMPLEMENTATION IMPROVEMENTS AND NEXT STEPS FOR THE PROGRAM ARE WE ARE, WE'LL BE WORKING WITH A THIRD-PARTY ADMINISTRATOR TO MANAGE THE PROGRAM. 
          UM, AND AS I MENTIONED, THE CITY OF AUSTIN CONTRACTS FOR SERVICES IS NOT GOING TO BE, UM, THE WAY THAT THE PROGRAM WILL BE MANAGED INSTEAD OF IT BEING MORE LIKE A GRANT. 
          OKAY. 
          CAN I PAUSE YOU FOR JUST ONE SECOND? I THINK THE ARE, I'M SEEING THE RIGHT SLIDES, BUT I'M GETTING MESSAGES THAT ARE FOLKS IN TV LAND ARE SEEING THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY. 
          UM, OKAY. 
          SO I THINK, YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I WAS SEEING WHILE AGO. 
          I WAS SEEING THE WRONG PRESENTATION MYSELF, THE SLIDE THAT WE'RE AS OF NOW. 
          UH, OKAY. 
          YEAH. 
          SO THE THIRD PARTY ADMINISTRATOR, UM, AND I MENTIONED THAT, UH, THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE DOING CONTRACTS FOR SERVICES WITH THE REIMBURSABLES. 
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INSTEAD, THIS PROGRAM IS GOING TO LOOK MORE LIKE A GRANT PROGRAM WITH THE DISTRIBUTION OF OVER STAGES. 
          UM, THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS IS IN THE FINAL STAGES, UH, WITH THE PURCHASING DEPARTMENT IN TERMS OF BRINGING ON THE THIRD-PARTY ADMINISTRATOR. 
          AND WE EXPECT THE PROGRAM WILL BE LAUNCHED IN FISCAL YEAR 23, WHICH IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER. 
          UH, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          SO THIS IS ME AND THIS IS HOW YOU CAN CONTACT ME MY EMAIL ADDRESS, MY PHONE NUMBER, UM, AND I'LL OPEN IT UP TO QUESTIONS, BUT IF YOU THINK OF SOMETHING, UH, THAT YOU DIDN'T THINK OF TONIGHT THAT YOU WANTED TO ASK, PLEASE, UH, TAKE NOTE OF MY EMAIL ADDRESS AND PHONE NUMBER ON THAT SLIDE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH, KIM. 
          I'M GOING TO START WITH COMMISSIONER VANDYKE. 
          I DIDN'T GET TO SEE MOST OF THE SLIDES. 
          IS THIS JUST FOR MUSIC? THERE IS TENDERS ARE JUST NOT AVAILABLE FOR VISUAL ART ORGANIZATIONS. 
          SO THE PROGRAM IS ACTUALLY AVAILABLE FOR, UM, UH, NONPROFIT ARTS ORGANIZATIONS AND, UM, SELECT FOR-PROFIT CREATIVE BUSINESSES. 
          THAT INCLUDES MUSIC, VENUES, PERFORMANCE VENUES, THEATERS, MUSEUMS, ART GALLERIES. 
          IT'S ALSO OPEN TO INDEPENDENT ARTISTS WHO WERE SEEKING COMMERCIAL NEEDS, SUPPORT LIKE SHORT-TERM OR MONTH-TO-MONTH SUPPORT FOR THEIR COMMERCIAL LEASES, NOT FOR, UM, AN ARTIST STUDIO AND SAY THE GARAGE OF YOUR HOUSE. 
          THAT WOULD NOT BE SOMETHING THAT COULD BE COVERED HERE, BUT A COMMERCIAL LEASE FOR AN INDEPENDENT ARTIST, UM, WOULD BE CONSIDERED. 
          AND THEN OF COURSE, A PROPERTY WOULD BE A NEED TO BE LOCATED IN THE AUSTIN CITY LIMITS OR THE ETJ. 
          DOES THAT CLARIFY? OKAY. 
          CAN WE SHOW GREAT. 
          THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION. 
          IT'S NICE TO SEE. 
          AND THEN JUST IN LOOKING AT THE SITE RECENTLY THAT IT'S BEYOND JUST THE RENT INCREASES OF LEASES OVER THE YEARS, BECAUSE MANY TIMES OUR ARTISTS WILL BE BETWEEN LEASES WHEN THE SISEP, UH, OPPORTUNITY ARISES. 
          UM, AND ALSO IN THE CRITERIA, IT JUST, IT KIND OF, I, I JUST NOTICED, AND I JUST WANT TO BRING ATTENTION TO THE FACT THAT HISTORICAL PROGRAMMING AND HOW LONG AN ORGANIZATION HAS BEEN IN THE CITY IS, IS A VERY LOW SCORING POINT. 
          IT'S ONLY 5%. 
          AND I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE LOSING SPACE THAT ARE SOME OF THE OLDEST ARTS ORGANIZATIONS IN THE CITY. 
          SO, UM, THAT REALLY WAS A BIG FLAG FOR ME. 
          AND I JUST WANTED TO BRING ATTENTION TO THAT AND IT KIND OF GOES HAND IN HAND, AND THIS IS A MUCH BIGGER CONVERSATION WITH THE CITY'S, UH, STRATEGIC PLAN AND, UH, THEIR PRIORITY PROGRAM NUMBER FIVE IS TO GROW AND INVEST IN AUSTIN'S CREATIVE ECONOMY. 
          SO WHEN I THINK ABOUT THAT BEING A PRIORITY, IT JUST SEEMS THE 5% FOR MANY ARTS ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS IS TOUGH. 
          SO JUST NOTICE THAT, BUT THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON, COMMISSIONER FLORES AND THEN COMMISSIONER POLAR, UM, JUST TO SORT OF FOLLOW UP ON, UM, UH, A PREVIOUS QUESTION, UM, IN TERMS OF THE BREAKDOWN FOR THE PAST, I KNOW YOU'RE PRESENTING THE NEW GUIDELINES, BUT, OR, BUT, UM, WHAT IS SORT OF THE BREAKDOWN, IF YOU KNOW IT OFF THE TOP, UH, BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, MUSIC VENUES AND ARTS VENUES AND ORGANIZATIONS AND, YOU KNOW, HIGHER END, I MEAN, IS THERE A BREAKDOWN THAT WE CAN LOOK AT PREVIOUS? YOU KNOW, THE HISTORIC YEAH. 
          UM, THE DASHBOARDS THAT YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH, THE DASHBOARDS ON THE EDD WEBSITE CAREER, UM, THE CREATIVE SPACE DISASTER RELIEF PROGRAM IS UP THERE FROM THE PREVIOUS ROUND OF THIS MANY, AND IT WILL SHOW YOU THE BREAKDOWN OF THAT. 
          AND THERE IT'S, IT'S A LITTLE BIT SKEWED, MORE TOWARDS ARTS ORGANIZATIONS THAN MUSIC VENUES. 
          OH, REALLY? OKAY, COOL. 
          IN TERMS OF THE MONIES AS WELL, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I KNEW THAT FROM 50 TO FIVE, THE NUMBER OF APPLICANTS AS WELL. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COMMISSIONER POLL GUARDS. 
          HEY KIM, THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          UM, AND THANK YOU. 
          AND, UM, YOU GUYS, FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE ON CSF, YOU KNOW, IT IS A PROGRAM NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART, AND I'M SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THE SHIFT TO SORT OF A MORE GRANT FOCUSED OPERATING WAY, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THE REIMBURSEMENTS WERE HARD FOR THE ARTISTS AND MUSICIANS, BUT ALSO INCREDIBLY HARD FOR YOU GUYS FROM AN ADMINISTRATIVE PERSPECTIVE. 
          SO I THINK THAT'S REALLY SMART. 
          DID YOU SAY, CAUSE I MISSED IT CAUSE I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH THE SLIDES WHO YOUR THIRD PARTY ADMINISTRATOR IS. 
          ARE YOU, HAVE YOU FIGURED THAT OUT YET? THAT'S STILL IN DEVELOPMENT WITH THE PURCHASING OFFICE THAT'S STILL, YEAH, THAT'S STILL BEING PROCURED. 
          THAT'S AWESOME. 
          GETTING TOWARDS THE END OF THE PROCESS. 
          SO WE EXPECT AND DOING ANYTHING ELSE, RIGHT? THERE'S NOTHING ELSE ON YOUR PLANET. 
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WE'RE WITH PURCHASING ALL THE TIME BETWEEN THIS AND THE LIVE MUSIC FUND, WHICH WE'RE HAPPY TO DO. 
          THEY'VE BEEN WONDERFUL TO WORK WITH. 
          NO, AND YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN GREAT. 
          AND I THINK HE SAYS SO MUCH, AND I KNOW IT'S BEEN A WHILE THAT WE'VE BEEN ASKING YOU GUYS TO COME AND TALK ABOUT C-SAT, BUT I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT WHERE YOU ARE TO COMMISSIONER GREY'S EARLIER NOTE, I THINK TO THE, THE, THE, THE POINTS AND ON SOME YOU'VE BEEN SO MINDFUL ABOUT, UM, ADJUSTING POINTS TO ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS THAT HAVEN'T BEEN SERVED BY SOME OF THE EMERGENCY FUNDING THAT'S COME THROUGH. 
          I THINK TOO, THAT IN THE LANDSCAPE RIGHT NOW, THE ORGANIZATIONS WHO HAVE BEEN AROUND A VERY LONG TIME MAY ALSO BE SORT OF IN THAT I'M NOT GETTING WHAT I USED TO AND I'M TRYING TO FILL THE GAP SPACE AND FOR A LOT OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS, BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG TIME, THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE SPACE THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO MAINTAIN AND TRYING TO PROVIDE LOCATION OPPORTUNITIES FOR. 
          SO IF YOU'VE GOT A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THAT RUBRIC, AND IF THERE'S ANY POSSIBILITY OF ADJUSTING THAT SCORING, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. 
          BUT I JUST, I'M JUST SO GRATEFUL FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS WITH QUESTIONS? OKAY. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH, KIM. 
          THANK YOU ERICA, FOR BEING HERE AND PLEASE JUST KEEP US IN THE LOOP. 
          ANYTHING THAT WE NEED TO KNOW. 
          UM, UH, I'VE BEEN IN COMMUNICATION WITH ERICA ABOUT CONTINUING TO AMPLIFY OPPORTUNITIES AND THEIR NEW WEBSITE, UM, THAT THEY'VE GOT FOR MUSIC OPPORTUNITIES. 
          SO SEND THEM OUR WAY. 
          WE ARE ONE. 
          WE ARE THE ARTS AND CULTURE AND LIFEBLOOD OF THE CITY WE SHOULD BE WORKING TOGETHER. 
          SO PLEASE SEE US AND USE US AS A SUPPORT SYSTEM IN LA. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANKS. 
          APPRECIATE THAT. 
          WE WILL. 
          BYE GUYS. 
          OKAY. 
          NEXT, 
          [9. Staff briefing regarding an update on the Hotel Occupancy Tax by Laura Odegaard, Cultural Investment Program Manager]
WE HAVE A STAFF BRIEFING REGARDING UPDATE ON THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX BY LAURA ODEGAARD CULTURAL INVESTMENT PROGRAM MANAGER. 
          GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. 
          UM, MY NAME IS LAURA ODEGAARD CULTURAL INVESTMENT PROGRAM MANAGER WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. 
          I AM A WHITE WOMAN WITH LONG LIGHT BROWN HAIR IN A PONYTAIL WEARING A SHORT SLEEVE BLACK MAXI DRESS. 
          AND MY PRONOUNS. 
          ARE SHE HER NEXT SLIDE PLEASE? OH, OH, I HAVE THE CLICKER, THE POWER. 
          THIS IS EXCITING IF IT WORKS ON LAURA. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY, HERE WE GO. 
          UH, SO OUR TOTAL HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX COLLECTION IN JULY WAS $29,832,776. 
          AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, THIS WAS THE HIGHEST IN YEARS FOR THE FIRST MONTH OF THE LAST QUARTER OF A FISCAL YEAR. 
          SO THAT BRINGS OUR HOT YEAR TO DATE NUMBER TO OVER $119 MILLION, WHICH IS 71% ABOVE THE APPROVED BUDGET OF $69.7 MILLION AND 11% OVER THE CURRENT YEAR ESTIMATE OF $102 MILLION. 
          JUST FOR COMPARISON THIS TIME LAST YEAR, OUR TOTAL YEAR TO DATE HOT COLLECTION WAS 51.3 MILLION. 
          SO THIS MEANS OUR HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX FOR THE CULTURAL ARTS FUND COLLECTION FOR JULY WAS $2,848,992. 
          SO FOR COMPARISON, OUR JULY 21 COLLECTION WAS 1.8 MILLION. 
          UM, AND I WILL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO HERE YOU CAN SEE, UM, HOW VERY FAR OVER WE ARE OUR ORIGINAL APPROVED BUDGET OF $6.6 MILLION, OUR TOTAL HOT ACTUALS IN THE BANK OR $11,402,555. 
          SO LET THAT SINK IN FOR HALF A MINUTE. 
          UM, AND I ALSO WANT TO SHARE A FEW THOUGHTS AS WE KIND OF DIGEST THESE BIG NUMBERS. 
          SO BASED ON THE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE'VE HAD SO FAR WITH YOU ALL, AS THE COMMISSION WITH THE COMMUNITY, WE KNOW THERE'S A REQUEST FOR CLARITY ABOUT THE BUDGET OF NEW PROGRAMS. UM, SO WE AGREE AND PLAN TO ADDRESS THAT AS EARLY AS NEXT MONTH BASED ON ACTUAL RECEIPTS. 
          UM, BUT AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THIS MONTH'S REPORT THAT WE JUST GOT ON FRIDAY, UH, WE'RE RECEIVING MUCH MORE THAN WAS ESTIMATED. 
          AND SO WE'LL BE ADJUSTING OUR PROGRAM BUDGETS AND POTENTIALLY AWARD AMOUNTS. 
          WE AREN'T QUITE READY TO REPORT ANYTHING FROM RIGHT NOW, BUT WE CAN BRING BACK INFORMATION NEXT MONTH THAT MIGHT PERTAIN TO THRIVE AND CONTINUE TO TRACK DOLLARS THAT WILL AFFECT OTHER PROGRAMS AS WE LEAD UP TO THE BUDGET AMENDMENT WITH COUNCIL IN NOVEMBER. 
          SO WE WON'T HAVE FINAL FINAL PROGRAM BUDGETS UNTIL NOVEMBER. 
          SO WANT TO JUST SHARE THAT WITH YOU ALL? UH, AND THEN ANOTHER FACTOR TO CONSIDER AS WE'RE DIGESTING. 
          THIS IS THAT AS YOU HEARD LAST MONTH FROM THE CONVENTION CENTER, THERE'S A PROPOSED EXPANSION PLAN. 
          THAT 
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WILL BE UP TO FOUR YEARS OF CONSTRUCTION, WHERE THERE WILL NOT BE THE SAME CAPACITY AT THE CONVENTION CENTER AS HAS BEEN AVAILABLE UP TO THIS POINT. 
          SO WE WANT TO BE REALLY CAREFUL BECAUSE THIS IS GOING TO AFFECT OUR HEART REVENUES. 
          AND IF THERE'S A SHORTFALL, WE MIGHT NEED TO BE PROACTIVE ABOUT SETTING ASIDE A RESERVE AND WE'RE IN CONSTANT CONVERSATION WITH THE CONVENTION CENTER ABOUT THEIR PROPOSED PLANS. 
          UH, AND THEN ALSO TO NOTE, UM, WE'VE HEARD YOU EXPRESSED GREAT INTEREST IN USING THE ADDITIONAL REVENUE TO FUND MORE AWARDEES IN ELEVATE, UH, AND IN ORDER TO BEST SERVE THE NUMBER OF ELEVATE CONTRACTORS, WE'RE CONSIDERING CONTRACTING WITH A THIRD PARTY. 
          SO THIS COULD ALLOW CURRENT STAFF TO PROVIDE THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF SERVICE DESIGNED INTO OUR NEW PROGRAMS AND WOULD ALLOW MORE AWARDS AT THE REQUEST OF THE COMMUNITY AND THE COMMISSION, ALL THREE HOT FUNDED DIVISIONS ARE CONSIDERING HOW THEY CAN USE A THIRD PARTY TO DEPLOY THE MOST AMOUNT OF MONEY IN THE MOST EFFICIENT WAY. 
          UM, SO WE'RE STILL REALLY EARLY IN THE PROCESS AND THE CONVERSATIONS AROUND THAT, BUT I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU ALL, UM, AS A HEADS UP TONIGHT. 
          UM, AND THEN FINALLY, OTHER THING TO KEEP IN MIND AS WE'RE LOOKING AT THESE BIG NUMBERS, UH, IS THAT EVEN THOUGH IT SEEMS LIKE WE'VE REBOUNDED QUICKER THAN EXPECTED. 
          THE PANDEMIC CONTINUES TO THROW US CURVE BALLS AND WE HAVE TO BE PREPARED FOR IF AND WHEN NEW VARIANTS AND POTENTIALLY MONKEYPOX MIGHT AFFECT TRAVEL. 
          SO JUST GOOD NEWS, BUT ALSO LOTS OF THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND. 
          UM, SO WITH THAT, HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, THANK YOU SO MUCH, LAURA, OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD. 
          CAN YOU, I KNOW WE'RE PROCEEDING WITH CAUTION AND WE NEED TO BE MINDFUL THAT THERE'S NOTHING THERE'S NO SHORT THESE DAYS, BUT CAN YOU REMIND THE COMMISSIONERS AND THOSE WATCHING WHAT OUR HOT LEVELS WERE PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC? COOL. 
          UH, WE WERE AT THE POINT WHERE WE WERE ABLE TO CONTRACT OUT CLOSE TO $12 MILLION, SO THAT WAS THE AMOUNT FOR PROGRAMS. AND THEN THERE WAS ALSO THE AMOUNT THAT WENT TO STAFFING, TEMPO, OTHER, OTHER ADJUSTMENTS AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS AS WELL. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER FLORES. 
          COULD YOU REPEAT THAT? I'M SORRY. 
          PAST, WHEN WAS THIS WAY BACK BEFORE THAT? OH, FOR THE PENDING WAY BACK IN ANCIENT TIMES IN 2018, MAYBE SAY THAT NUMBER DID NOT SAY WE WERE MORE LIKE FOUR LAST TIME WE GAVE OUT MONEY. 
          OKAY. 
          SO MY QUESTION IS WHEN YOU SAID THAT ABOUT THIRD-PARTY ADMINISTRATOR TOO, YOU KNOW, WITH, AND THANK YOU FOR REMEMBERING THAT, I GUESS I WASN'T HERE LAST MONTH, BUT THANK YOU FOR REMEMBERING THAT WE WANTED TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF AWARDEES AND ELEVATE IF POSSIBLE, IF WE DID HAVE THE GREAT NEWS THAT YOU'RE GIVING US TONIGHT. 
          SO A THIRD-PARTY ADMINISTRATOR EXPLAIN, REMIND ME HOW THAT WOULD WORK. 
          IS THAT GOING TO TAKE OUT MONEY FROM, UH, THE ACTUAL AWARD POTS OR HOW DOES THAT WORK? I SEE MEGAN GETTING UP BECAUSE I DO NOT RAISE MY, BUT I DON'T REMEMBER FROM OUR DISCUSSIONS TWO MONTHS AGO, WHAT THAT IS. 
          SO PLEASE REFRESH MY MEMORY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          HELLO COMMISSIONERS, MEGAN WELLS, CULTURAL ARTS DIVISION MANAGER. 
          UM, TO YOUR QUESTION COMMISSIONER, WE ARE CONSIDERING USE OF A THIRD PARTY FOR ELEVATE BECAUSE AT THIS POINT TO ADD ADDITIONAL CONTRACTS TO WHAT WE THINK THE WORKLOAD MIGHT BE, UH, WE THINK A THIRD PARTY COULD REALLY BE AN EFFICIENT WAY FOR US TO DELIVER THAT SAME SERVICE WITHIN THE AMOUNT OF TIME AND RESOURCES WE HAVE. 
          WE HAVEN'T MADE A FIRM DECISION ON YET. 
          WE'RE STILL, YOU KNOW, KIND OF TESTING THE WATERS TO SEE IF THERE IS A PROVIDER IN THE COMMUNITY THAT MIGHT BE APPROPRIATE FOR THAT. 
          UM, IF THAT TURNS OUT TO BE THE CASE, AND IF WE DECIDE TO ENTER INTO THAT CONTRACT WITH THEM, WE WILL THEN DECIDE, UH, WE WILL THEN, YOU KNOW, CONTRACT WITH THEM, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE AN ADMINISTRATIVE FEE. 
          THE ADMINISTRATIVE FEE COULD COME OUT OF HOT. 
          IT'S ELIGIBLE TO, UH, BUT THAT'S NOT A DECISION WE'VE WE'VE, HAVEN'T CROSSED THAT BRIDGE JUST YET. 
          SO I DON'T HAVE A FIRM ANSWER, BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE COULD CONSIDER USING FOR THAT EXPENDITURE. 
          SURE, SURE. 
          OF COURSE. 
          YOU KNOW, MY CONCERN IS THAT WE GET OUT, PUSH OUT AS MUCH MONEY OUT THE DOOR, INTO THE HANDS OF, OF GROUPS AND ARTISTS. 
          SO, YEAH, OF COURSE. 
          SO I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU'RE JUST NOW DISCUSSING THAT, BUT, UM, I'M INTERESTED TO HEAR HOW BIG A PERCENTAGE AND HOW MUCH MONEY AND WHAT IT WOULD TAKE AWAY FROM FUNDING GROUPS OR INDIVIDUALS. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, WE'RE HAPPY TO KEEP YOU ALL INFORMED AS WE GO THROUGH THE PROCESS AND I AGREE WITH COMMISSIONER FLORES, BUT I THINK THE FACT THAT WE'RE WELL ABOVE PROJECTED, THIS IS GOOD, RIGHT? WE'RE HITTING THOSE MARKS AND CAN ALWAYS BE, I'M ALWAYS WITH THE OTHER COMMISSIONER GRAY. 
          WELL FIRST HOW COOL THAT, THAT NUMBER IS ALMOST WHERE IT WAS WHEN THE LAST NAME THAT'S JUST ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. 
          I DON'T THINK WE EVEN IMAGINED THAT BACK WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT NET FOR THAT 
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$40. 
          UM, IS IT MY IMAGINATION OR ALL THE RESEARCH THAT I DID THAT RELATIVE TO THE CONVENTION CENTER THAT THE MAJORITY OF HOTBED TAXES COME FROM, PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING TO SEE HISTORICAL PLACES IN AUSTIN CITY AND NOT IN THE CONVENTION CENTER ARENA. 
          I MEAN, I'M, I'M NOT SURE I COULD, I'M NOT SURE ABOUT RIGHT. 
          ONE TO ANSWER THAT. 
          UM, W CAUSE THAT WAS A SCARY THING TO HEAR, YOU KNOW, PUT A RESERVE BANK, GOT IT UP, BUT I'VE DONE A LOT OF, I MEAN, YEAH. 
          I MEAN, IT'S NICE IF THE PUBLIC THAT'S LISTENING TO THESE MEETINGS WOULD KNOW THAT WHERE THE HOT FUNDS COME. 
          CAUSE I BELIEVE THE HIGHER PERCENTAGE BY A LONG SHOT IS NOT THE CONVENTION CENTER BED. 
          I D I THINK THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION AND I'M SURE THE CONVENTION CENTER HAS A BETTER RESPONSE THAN I DO. 
          SO I WOULDN'T TRY TO HAZARD A GUESS, BUT I'M HAPPY TO TRY TO GET THAT ANSWER. 
          IT'S ACTUALLY A BIG, BIG, BIG, BIG PERCENTAGE DIFFERENCE. 
          YEAH. 
          IT'S UH, THE CONVENTION CENTER BEDS ARE FILLED BY CONVENTION. 
          PEOPLE IS LIKE LESS THAN 10%, SO REALLY HEAR THAT. 
          SO, YEAH. 
          THAT'S IT'S PLEASE DO, PLEASE LOOK AT THAT AND BRING THAT TO US NEXT TIME. 
          I'D REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. 
          SO WE CAN ALL HEAR IT OR IF, WHEN YOU SEND THE DIRECTION, THAT'D BE GREAT. 
          YEAH. 
          I DON'T WANT TO STAY. 
          YEAH. 
          YEAH. 
          IF YOU COULD SEND THAT TO ME BY EMAIL, I CAN SEND IT ON TO MAKE SURE I'M CAPTURING YOUR QUESTIONS. 
          RIGHT. 
          BUT YEAH. 
          HAPPY TO GOT IT. 
          LIAISON. 
          THANK YOU LADIES. 
          ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION COMMISSIONER MARK? I JUST LIKE TO HAVE A FOLLOW-UP QUESTION ABOUT COMMISSIONER GRADES. 
          UM, HE, IF IT POSSIBLE TO ASK THE CONVENTION CENTER BECAUSE OF HIS, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, DEAL'S OFF CAPACITY, UH, BECAUSE OF THE CONSTRUCTION, WELL, ME MOLDING AND WHATNOT, HOW MANY EVENTS, UH, NOT ABLE TO COME TO AUSTIN AND, UM, YOU KNOW, SO THAT MAY GIVE US SOME FIGURE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, UM, THE REDUCE OF HOT FUN, YOU KNOW, BUT I HAVE TO SAY SHARPENING THROUGH OUR AIRPORT, SUN TINNY. 
          SO THAT'S WHY THE MONEY, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT IS, IS UP TO THAT LEVEL BECAUSE THERE'S JUST A LOT OF TRAVELING, YOU KNOW, COMING IN AND GOING OUT, UH, TO AUSTIN. 
          SO, UH, AND, AND NOW ALSO ANOTHER THING IS THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE COMING IN AND THEY, THEY COULDN'T GET A HOUSING AND MANY OF THEM ARE STAYING IN A HOTEL, EXTENDED STAY TYPE OF HOTEL. 
          SO THAT MAY HELP WITH THE INCREASE OF THE HUB FUN. 
          UM, BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW SUSTAINABLE THAT IS, BUT I KNOW THAT, UH, ACL IS COMING BACK IN FULL FORCE IN OCTOBER. 
          AND SO, UM, I'M VERY HOPEFUL, YOU KNOW, THAT, UH, BUT, BUT, UH, UM, I'M HOPEFUL, BUT YOU KNOW, CAUTIOUSLY HOPEFUL THAT I THINK, UM, IS NOT A BAD IDEA, UH, TO ALLOCATE SOME RESERVE, UH, IN CASE THERE'S A SURPRISE, YOU KNOW, JUST THINKING OUT LOUD. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS? THANK YOU. 
          BOTH. 
          THIS IS GREAT NEWS AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE UPDATES AND SHIFTS THAT WILL BE MADE. 
          I KNOW WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE SOME MORE INPUT ONCE WE GET THERE, BUT THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR WORK HERE AND DON'T GO TOO FAR. 
          LAURA 
          [10. Staff briefing regarding the Cultural Arts Funding Programs by Meghan Wells, Cultural Arts Division Manager, and Laura Odegaard, Cultural Investment Program Manager]
STAFF BRIEFING REGARDING CULTURE ARTS, FUNDING PROGRAMS, PILOT PROGRAMS BY MEGAN WILLS, CULTURAL ARTS DIVISION MANOR, AND THE OUTER GUARD, CULTURAL INVESTMENT PROGRAM MANAGER. 
          I THINK THIS IS MY PART OF THE PART OF THE PROGRAM. 
          UM, HELLO AGAIN, UH, MEGAN WELLS, CULTURAL ARTS DIVISION MANAGER. 
          I'M A WHITE WOMAN WITH BROWN SHOULDER LENGTH HAIR GLASSES AND WEARING A BLACK, WHITE AND BLUE PATTERN DRESS. 
          MY PRONOUNS ARE SHE AND HERS. 
          AND TONIGHT I'LL BE GIVING MY MONTHLY UPDATE ON THE CULTURAL FUNDING PROCESS. 
          AND NEXT STEPS. 
          NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          OH, I'VE GOT THE CLICKER. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SORRY ABOUT THAT. 
          ALL RIGHT, HERE WE ARE. 
          UH, SO AS YOU CAN SEE FROM OUR DIAGRAM, WE REMAIN IN THE PRE-LAUNCH PHASE OF OUR PROCESS, UH, THE CULTURE CLOSELY WITH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, DATA 
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AND COMMUNICATIONS TEAMS, WHO ARE OUR PARTNERS ON THIS EFFORT TO PREPARE FOR OUR NEW IN-HOUSE SYSTEM CALLED PORTAL. 
          WE ARE INTEGRATING OUR APPLICATION GUIDELINES AND QUESTIONS INTO THAT SYSTEM. 
          CURRENTLY, SINCE WE ARE MOVING AWAY FROM ZOOM GRANTS INTO THIS NEW SYSTEM, WE WANT TO BUILD IN PLENTY OF TIME FOR TESTING, REGISTRATION AND ORIENTATION. 
          SO THAT'S WHAT THE PLAN IS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON. 
          NOW. 
          WE'LL BE COORDINATING ALSO WITH OUR EXISTING COMMUNITY NAVIGATORS TO BE PREPPED, TO ASSIST APPLICANTS AND PROMOTE THE OPPORTUNITIES TO APPLY. 
          WE ARE ALSO PLANNING TO BRING ON AN ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY NAVIGATOR, SPECIFICALLY TO SERVE THE CREATIVE COMMUNITY SO THAT WE CAN BETTER ASSIST APPLICANTS DURING THE NEW PROGRAM LAUNCHES. 
          WHEN WE HAVE MORE, WE HAVE MORE ADDITIONAL DETAILS CONFIRMED WITH THAT NEW COMMUNITY NAVIGATOR NAVIGATOR. 
          I WILL BRING THAT TO THE COMMISSION AND ALSO SHARE THAT WITH THE COMMUNITY. 
          JUST AS A REMINDER, OUR THREE PROGRAMS ARE LISTED HERE AND THE FIRST ONE TO LAUNCH WILL BE THRIVE ON OCTOBER 12TH OF THIS YEAR, THERE WILL BE A SIX WEEK APPLICATION PERIOD TAKING US THROUGH THANKSGIVING IMMEDIATELY AFTER IT CLOSES, WE WILL HAVE THE EVALUATION AND PANEL PROCESS BEGIN AND MOVE FORWARD, RECOMMENDED AWARDS TO COUNCIL, AND THEN PROCEED TO CONTRACTING AND INVOICING STAGES. 
          WE PLAN TO MOVE AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN IN THIS TIME PERIOD, BUT THE HOLIDAYS WILL ALSO IMPACT OUR PLANTS AND STAFFING CITYWIDE AT THAT POINT. 
          SO WE'RE TRYING OUR BEST TO ANTICIPATE THOSE ROAD BUMPS THRIVE INFORMATION SHOULD BE FAMILIAR TO EVERYONE AT THIS POINT, BUT IF ANYONE NEEDS A REFRESHER THERE'S INFORMATION ON OUR WEBSITE, WHICH IS AUSTIN CREATES.COM, AND YOU CAN CLICK ON CULTURAL FUNDING, YOU CAN MAY ALSO REVIEW PREVIOUS ARTS COMMISSION PRESENTATIONS FOR DETAILS AND OR REACH OUT TO STAFF DIRECTLY BY EMAIL OR PHONE OR DURING OUR OPEN OFFICE HOURS. 
          AND AS ANOTHER REMINDER PANEL RECRUITMENT HAS BEGUN IT'S UNDERWAY. 
          THERE ARE LINKS TO THE APPLICATION AND PROMOTING THIS, UH, INITIATIVE ON OUR SOCIAL WEBSITES, SOCIAL PAGES, NEWSLETTER, AND WEBSITE, BUT WE'RE ALSO SHARING THE LINK HERE. 
          YOU CAN SEE AT THE BOTTOM, IT'S THE BITLY LINK. 
          PLEASE FEEL FREE TO SHARE IT WITH ANYONE YOU THINK MIGHT BE A GOOD FIT OR INTERESTED IN THIS WORK. 
          WE'RE LOOKING FOR A DIVERSE POOL OF PANELISTS, BOTH LOCAL AND OUT OF TOWN, ALL RACES, AGES, GENDERS, AND ABILITIES, AND WITH A VARIETY OF ARTISTIC EXPERIENCES, BOTH PRACTITIONERS AND ADMINISTRATORS WE'VE HAD AROUND 75 APPLICATIONS RECEIVED SO FAR, BUT WE, WE WOULD LIKE IDEALLY TWO TO THREE TIMES THIS AMOUNT SO THAT WE CAN CHOOSE FROM A BIG POOL FOR ALL THE VARIOUS DIVISIONS PANELS. 
          PLEASE NOTE THAT THE PANEL INTAKE FORM APPLICATION WILL BE OPEN ALL YEAR LONG, BUT TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THE THRIVE PANEL SPECIFICALLY, YOU MUST APPLY BY SEPTEMBER 30TH. 
          JUST AS ANOTHER REMINDER ABOUT PANELISTS PANELISTS WILL BE PAID AND TRAINED IN A VARIETY OF TOPICS FROM EQUITY AND UNCONSCIOUS BIAS TO CULTURAL TOURISM, TOURISM REQUIREMENTS AND OUR PROGRAMS THAT IS, THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT ON THE CULTURAL FUNDING PROGRAMS. BUT I ALSO HAVE ONE MORE SMALL UPDATE TO SHARE WITH YOU ON BEHALF OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENTS, SMALL BUSINESS DIVISION, THE ARTIST'S CAREER TRAINING PROGRAM IS NOW OPEN FOR APPLICATIONS. 
          THE CITY OF AUSTIN'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, SMALL BUSINESS DIVISION INVITES, AUSTIN AREA, CREATIVE PROFESSIONALS TO APPLY FOR ARTIST'S CAREER TRAINING. 
          THE SIX WEEK BUSINESS TRAINING WILL EDUCATE PARTICIPANTS ON HOW TO SUCCESSFULLY MANAGE A PROFITABLE BUSINESS. 
          IN THE CREATIVE INDUSTRIES, PARTICIPANTS WILL LEARN BUSINESS PLANNING, MARKETING REVENUE DEVELOPMENT, AND OTHER UP TO 24 CREATIVE PROFESSIONALS WILL BE SELECTED FOR THE, FOR, FOR THE COHORT IN THE PROGRAM THROUGH A COMPETITIVE APPLICATION PROCESS PROFESSIONALS FROM ALL DISCIPLINES ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY ONLINE AT AUSTIN, TEXAS.GOV FORWARD SLASH ARTIST CAREER TRAINING BY TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6TH, 2022 BY 5:00 PM ARTS AND MUSIC COMMISSIONERS AND PROFESSION. 
          OTHER PROFESSIONALS WILL SERVE AS JURORS TO SELECT A DIVERSE COHORT. 
          THERE IS AN INFORMATIONAL VIDEO IN BOTH ENGLISH AND SPANISH AVAILABLE ON THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENTS, YOUTUBE CHANNEL, AND WE ARE HELPING TO GET THE WORD OUT. 
          SO PLEASE FEEL FREE TO SHARE THIS WITH YOUR NETWORKS AND THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT TONIGHT. 
          THANK YOU, MEGAN. 
          APPRECIATE THE UPDATE COMMISSIONERS. 
          ANY QUESTIONS FOR MEGAN? OKAY. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO SPREAD THE WORD TO THE PANELISTS. 
          UM, OUR AMAZING COMMUNITY PARTNERS, ALMOST REAL THINGS WHO ARE HERE. 
          I'LL PASS THAT ALONG TO THEM SINCE WE KNOW THEY'VE GOT THE NETWORK AND THE POWER BEHIND THEM AS WELL. 
          COOL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SORRY. 
          ANOTHER SHAMELESS PLUG FOR THEM BECAUSE I'M SO EXCITED. 
          IT WAS YOUR FLORIDA DONE. 
          YEP. 
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UH, RIGHT. 
          UH, DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEMS. 
          [11. Approve the Final Design for the Gustavo “Gus” L. Garcia Recreation Center Art in Public Places Project]
          [12. Approve the Selection Process Recommendation for the Brownie Neighborhood Park Art in Public Places Project]
          [13. Approve the Selection Process Recommendation for the Emma Long Metropolitan Park Art in Public Places Project]
          [14. Approve the Selection Process Recommendation for the Highland Neighborhood Park and Reznicek Fields Art in Public Places Project]
          [15. Approve the Selection Process Recommendation for the Oertli Neighborhood Park Art in Public Places Project]
UH, I'D LIKE TO BE RECOGNIZED FOR MOTION TO APPROVE ITEMS. UH, 11 THROUGH 15, I BELIEVE, UH, ON CONSENT. 
          I SECOND. 
          ALL IN FAVOR. 
          HI. 
          OKAY. 
          UNANIMOUSLY. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          NEXT ITEM 
          [16. Discussion and possible action on the document drafted by the Art Neighborhoods Working Group]
IS DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE DOCUMENT DRAFTED BY THE ARTS NEIGHBORHOOD WORKING GROUP. 
          UM, THAT DOCUMENT WAS RE-CIRCULATED AS A PART OF THE BACKUP. 
          ACTUALLY PAUSE JUST ONE MINUTE. 
          STILL NOVIA IS ESCAPING, BUT I WANT TO WISH HER A HAPPY BIRTHDAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENTS. 
          UM, ARTS NEIGHBORHOOD, A DOCUMENT WAS CIRCULATED IN PREPARATION FOR THIS MEETING. 
          UM, UH, LET ME GO AHEAD AND HAND IT OFF TO COMMISSIONER VAN DYKE TO SORT OF PREFACE, BUT I THINK, UM, WE'VE GOT ALL FOUR OF THE WORKING MEMBER, WORKING GROUP MEMBERS HERE, INCLUDING COMMISSIONER GRAY, COMMISSIONER MOCK. 
          UM, AND I KNOW WE'RE AT A POINT WHERE WE'D LIKE TO GET SOME CONSENSUS ON THIS DOCUMENT. 
          SO, UH, COMMISSIONER VAN DYKE. 
          OH, HE'D HAUL. 
          UM, I THINK, UM, I'VE, I'VE, UM, I'VE GIVEN CONTEXT FOR THIS BEFORE AND MOSTLY WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO. 
          UH, I'VE SENT THE LAST COUPLE OF TIMES, I FEEL LIKE I NEED TO GET THE BABY OUT. 
          AND SO I'D LIKE TO PASS IT ON. 
          AND, UM, I REALLY LIKED TO LISTEN, I THINK MOSTLY TONIGHT AND I, YOU KNOW, I I'VE THOUGHT, OH, IS THIS EVEN A GOOD IDEA? AND THEN I THOUGHT, WELL, WE ACTUALLY, THIS, THIS IDEA CAME OUT OF SOMETHING THAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED THAT OUR STUDIO COMPLEX, THAT I'M IN IS ONE OF THE FEW THAT'S NOT BEEN BULLDOZED AND TURNED INTO CONDOS OR WHATEVER. 
          SO, UM, UM, IF YOU'VE HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT IT, I'D DEFINITELY BE INTERESTED IN LISTING. 
          AND I THINK IF I HAVE COMMENTS ALL SAFE UNTIL AFTER I HEAR EVERYBODY ELSE, IS THAT, IS THAT WORK THAT'S GOOD FOR ME, COMMISSIONERS, ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO CHIME IN EVEN POTENTIAL MEMBERS FROM THE WORKING GROUP? WELL, I HAVE A COMMENT ON PEOPLE'S LINEUP. 
          I READ IT AND I, UH, I THOUGHT IT WAS WELL-WRITTEN AND INTERESTING. 
          UH, I'D LIKE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT IT, BUT, UH, I THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD START. 
          I THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD IDEA, BUT I'D LIKE TO HEAR MORE FROM MAYBE THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE WORKING GROUP WHO HAVE MORE INSIGHTS INTO HOW IT WAS DEVELOPED. 
          UM, BUT I, I DO APPRECIATE THE WORK. 
          THANK YOU. 
          CAN WE SHOULD AGREE. 
          IT JUST SEEMS LIKE SO LONG AGO WHEN WE WERE ALL IN OUR WONDERFUL WORKING GROUP ARTS, UH, ARTS NEIGHBORHOOD, WHAT WAS THE ORGANIZATION? AND I, I APOLOGIZE FOR HAVING TO ASK THIS QUESTION, WHAT IS IT? YEAH, SO LATE. 
          SO IT FELT LIKE IT JUST KINDA CAME TO A HALT BECAUSE WE REALIZED IT WAS, UH, SOLELY WAS DOING SO MUCH OF THE VISION WHERE WE, THAT WAS, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT AND WE WERE HOPING TO TALK TO SOME OF THEM AND IT DIDN'T HAPPEN. 
          THE, WHAT WE DID TALK TO A FEW OF THE MEMBERS THAT WERE ON THE, THE SOLELY TEAM. 
          I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, THIS WAS QUITE AWHILE AGO, BUT THE CORE DIFFERENCE IN THE SOLELY PROGRAM IS THAT THEY'RE ESSENTIALLY A CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. 
          THEY'RE CONNECTED, UM, DISTRICTING BY THE BUSINESSES THAT EXIST. 
          AND I I'LL SAY THAT THE PERSPECTIVE WE WERE TAKING FROM THE ART NEIGHBORHOODS APPROACH WAS THAT IT'S, IT'S MORE OF AN ALTRUISTIC WEB OF BUSINESSES, CITY OWNED SPACES LIKE LIBRARIES AND PARKS, UH, COMMUNITY CENTERS THAT ARE WORKING IN SUPPORT OF ARTISTS, OF PROVIDING OPPORTUNITY, PROVIDING AWARENESS OF WHAT STUDIOS WERE IN THOSE PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          UM, AND, AND ALSO, UH, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS AND USING THAT WHOLE NETWORK OF AWARENESS TO AMPLIFY OPPORTUNITIES AND POTENTIAL EVENTS, UM, FOR ARTISTS AND CREATIVES THAT WERE FUNCTIONING IN THOSE SPACES. 
          UM, THERE WAS A LOT OF BACK AND FORTH REGARDING THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS AND HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS AND SORT OF, UM, ALLOWING ANYBODY THAT WANTED TO SELF DESIGNATE AS AN ART NEIGHBORHOOD 
          [02:05:01]
TO INCORPORATE THE MEMBERS. 
          AND WE WERE APPROACHING IT VERY SIMILARLY TO THE WAY THE, UH, I BELIEVE THEY'RE CALLED THE AUSTIN VENUE ALLIANCE WITH REBECCA REYNOLDS. 
          THEY HAD A LIST OF CRITERIA WAS EIGHT CRITERIA THAT IF YOU MET FIVE OF THEM WOULD QUALIFY YOU AS A MUSIC VENUE, QUOTE UNQUOTE. 
          AND SO TAKING A SIMILAR APPROACH, UM, WERE LISTED, LISTED OUT A NUMBER OF CRITERIA THAT WOULD SORT OF CREATE AN ELIGIBILITY FOR YOU TO SELF DESIGNATE. 
          I THINK WHERE WE GOT A LITTLE TRIPPED UP, UH, WAS IMPLEMENTATION. 
          AND AT SOME POINT ALONG THE LINE, THERE WAS SHARED WITH US THAT THERE'S A REDISTRICTING PROGRAM HAPPENING OR INITIATIVE HAPPENING ON BEHALF OF THE CITY. 
          AND THERE WERE CONSULTANTS THAT WERE COMING IN THE, OKAY, SO IT WASN'T THE SOLELY PROGRAM, BUT A CONSULTANCY AND THIS GOSH, SO THIS WAS BACK IN LIKE NOVEMBER. 
          UM, AND SO YES, WE ARE QUITE A WAYS DOWN THE LINE AT THIS POINT, UM, AND SORT OF WAITING ON THOSE CONSULTANTS TO REFER TO US THAT THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO INCORPORATE THE PRINCIPLES AND THE ETHOS OF WHAT WE, UH, CREATED TO FROM THE GROUND UP BUILD IN INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT CREATIVES. 
          WE WERE WAITING A LONG TIME TO BE RE REACHED OUT TO, UH, BY THEM. 
          I, UH, REACHED OUT TO CONTACTS THAT I HAD AND WERE, WAS TOLD THAT THINGS HAD SHIFTED. 
          AND THERE'S NOT QUITE AN UPDATE FROM, UH, FROM STAFF. 
          I KNOW I HAD ASKED MEGAN TO CHECK IN, I THINK SHE'S WORKING ON THAT. 
          SHE GOT BACK TO ME AND SAID SHE WOULD CHECK IN AND SEE WHERE THINGS ARE AT. 
          SO WE'RE AT THIS POINT AND, YOU KNOW, TO RICK'S POINT, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE SORT OF BEEN SITTING ON AND IT'S BEEN MONTH AFTER MONTH THAT WE'VE RECEIVED THIS SORT OF, YOU KNOW, THE UPDATE IS THAT THERE IS NO UPDATE. 
          WE'RE STILL WAITING TO BE CONTACTED AND JUST WANTING TO HAVE SOME CONSENSUS SO THAT IF, AND WHEN WE HAND THIS DOCUMENT OFF TO SOMEBODY THAT CAN IMPLEMENT, UH, THE, THE IDEAS THAT WE'VE PRESENTED, UM, THAT W IT'S IT REALLY IS INDICATIVE OF WHAT THE WHOLE COMMISSION BELIEVES IN AND SUPPORTS, AND THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE MOVING FORWARD AND, AND SENDING OFF SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, LATER SAYS, WELL, I HAD NO CONSENSUS, THERE WAS NO CONSENSUS. 
          SO THE IDEA WITH THIS ACTION ITEM IS TO GET SORT OF A, JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY'S HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW IT AND PROVIDE FEEDBACK SO THAT WE MIGHT IMPLEMENT ANY CHANGES OR SHIFTS IN THE LANGUAGE OR THIS CONCEPT, UH, BEFORE WE DO MAKE CONTACT WITH, UM, ANYONE WHO MIGHT BE ABLE TO PUT BOOTS ON THE GROUND WITH THIS CONTENT THAT BEING SAID, SHOULD THE CONSULTANTS NOT BE THE RIGHT AVENUE FOR THAT? WE WILL HAVE TO KIND OF WORK WITH CAD AND MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S A, W THERE'S AN OUTLET FOR THIS. 
          CAUSE I DO BELIEVE IN THE WORK THAT WAS DONE, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE ALL PUT A LOT OF TIME INTO IT. 
          AND SO TRYING TO SEE WHERE WITHOUT REINVENTING THE WHEEL, WHERE CAN WE MOVE THIS IDEA IN A WAY THAT'S GOING TO CONTINUE THE IDEA, BECAUSE AGAIN, THIS WAS ALL ABOUT CREATING A SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR CREATIVES AND ENSURING THAT, UM, THAT THEY'RE BEING CONSIDERED IN, IN DEVELOPMENT AND BUSINESSES, AND FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE PLENTY OF WAYS TO INCORPORATE AND, AND SUPPORT CREATIVES IN OUR ECOSYSTEM. 
          SO THAT'S KIND OF A RAMBLING UPDATE. 
          UH, YES. 
          COMMISSIONER MOCK PLEASE. 
          WELL, UM, I'M A MEMBER OF THIS WORKING COMMUNITY AND I, I LEARNED A LOT ACTUALLY IN OUR DISCUSSION AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, TO REALIZE THERE'S SONY IN THE PROGRAM, UM, AS I'M REFLECTING ON THIS EPIDEMIC THAT HAVE ISOLATED US AND WITH ALL THAT IS GOING ON, YOU KNOW, ALL THE BIDENS AND ALL THE CONNECT SHEN, YOU KNOW, REACHING GROUPS AND, YOU KNOW, AND I, I I'M REALLY, UM, REALLY IN MY HEART THAT WE NEED TO HAVE SOME KIND OF GLUE, YOU KNOW, TO CONNECT, UH, OUR NEIGHBORS, YOU KNOW, AND, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THE TERM ARTS NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU KNOW, THAT I THINK, UH, RICK HAS EXPLAINED INSTEAD OF CALLING IT THE OP DISTRICT BECAUSE THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAS, UH, YOU KNOW, EVEN IN CLI YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY IMPLY CONNECTION. 
          SO ON EACH, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE 10 DISTRICT HERE AND EACH DISTRICT IS DIFFERENT. 
          UM, SO I'M HOPING THAT WE MAY NOT NEED TO HAVE 10, UH, ODDS NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT IF WE CAN MAKE IT INTO 
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SORT OF LIKE A REGIONAL, NO, YES, NO. 
          WHEREAS SOUTHEAST SOUTHWEST AND, AND HELP US TO CONNECT, UM, WITH ONE ANOTHER. 
          AND I THINK AN ARTS NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU KNOW, WE'RE BENEFIT TO CHILDREN AND THE CHILDREN, I THINK, WILL BE THE BEST CONDUIT TO CONNECT FAMILIES, YOU KNOW, UM, YOU KNOW, LIKE HOW PDA, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, UM, HOW, HOW THE NETWORK COME ABOUT IS THROUGH CHILDREN, THROUGH THE BENEFIT OF THE CHILDREN. 
          AND I'M HOPING THAT, THAT WE START AUSTIN'S THAT SOMETHING, UM, THAT FOCUS ON COMMUNITY, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD THROUGH ARTS, BECAUSE ART IS ABOUT CREATIVITY, YOU KNOW, AND, AND IT'S ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE EXPRESSION IS ABOUT EMBRACING DIFFERENCES. 
          SO I HOPE THAT ALL OF OUR WORK WILL NOT GO TWO WAYS AND JUST BEING SHELVED SOMEWHERE. 
          YOU KNOW, I LIKE TO, UH, SEE, SEE IT TOO, TO TAKE THE NEXT STEP AND, UM, AND TO REALLY MAKE IT HAPPEN. 
          UH, I'LL BE HAPPY AFTER THE ACTION THAT WE HAVE TAKEN THAT, UH, I'LL BE VERY HAPPY TO TALK TO MY, UM, COUNCIL WOMAN, YOU KNOW, AND TALK ABOUT THIS. 
          AND, UM, CENTRAL TEXAS IS GROWING, IS GROWING LEAPS AND BOUNDS, YOU KNOW, WITH THIS NEW, UH, BILL BEING SIGNED, YOU KNOW, THE CHIPS AND SCIENCE FIELD SIGN, AND A LOT OF THE, UH, FUNDING WHO COME TO CENTRAL TEXAS, YOU KNOW, WITH SAMSUNG PROMISE TO HAVE 11 FABS, INTEL AMD AND TESLA, YOU KNOW, ALL THIS CHIP MANUFACTURING, ALL OF THIS IS GOING TO, UM, TO BE SUCH AN ESSENTIAL TEXAS AND WILL CONTINUE TO GROW. 
          SO YOU'RE NOT CAREFUL. 
          UM, THEN WE MAY BE LOSING, YOU KNOW, THE, UM, THE SO OF NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          SO I THINK, I THINK ARTS NEIGHBORHOOD IS SOMETHING THAT CAN REMIND US AND, UH, IT CAN BE A DRIVING FORCE, YOU KNOW, TO, UH, TO THE COMMITMENT OF BUILDING A COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, THROUGH NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          SO I'M HOPING, YOU KNOW, THAT THIS IS GOING TO, THIS WILL, WILL TAKE TO THE NEXT STEP. 
          SO I'M HOPING THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE A CONSENSUS THAT THIS IS SOMETHING, THIS IS SOMETHING, A PROJECT THAT WE IS WORTHY TO PURSUE. 
          SO MY TWO SENTENCES CHEMISTRY OF ETHIC. 
          YEP. 
          OH, UM, SO, UM, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW HOW CAREFULLY PEOPLE LOOK AT THIS. 
          UM, SO LET ME GIVE A LITTLE BIT MORE CONTEXT. 
          UM, I FELT LIKE BECAUSE WE'RE, UH, THE ARTS COMMUNITY, I WANTED TO CREATE A DOCUMENT THAT, UH, REFLECTED THAT, UM, AS A FORMER CLASSROOM TEACHER, I, UH, AND, AND, UH, MARRIED TO A, UH, TECHNICAL WRITER, UM, I WAS, FELT LIKE TEXTBOOKS, UH, KILLED IDEAS, UM, JUST ROBBING THE LIFE OUT OF IT. 
          SO I WANTED TO CREATE A DOCUMENT THAT HAD LIFE TO IT AND, UM, AND REALLY GAVE THE IDEAS. 
          I, I REALLY WORKED ON IT AND WORKED ON IT. 
          AND I REALIZED I WAS TRYING TO CREATE A FINISHED DOCUMENT THAT COULD BE FULLY IMPLEMENTED. 
          AND EVERY EVERYTHING THOUGHT THROUGH, YOU KNOW, IT WAS ALL NUTS AND BOLTS AND I JUST COULDN'T DO IT. 
          AND I REALIZED THAT THAT'S, I DON'T THINK THAT'S MY JOB. 
          UM, I DON'T MEAN THAT, UH, IN A NEGLECTFUL KIND OF WAY, BUT, UM, I, I'M GUESSING THAT IF, IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WOULD HAPPEN, IT WOULD BE IMPLEMENTED BY THE STAFF. 
          AND SO, UM, 
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I WANTED TO SEE, IT REALLY REFLECTS DEFINITELY MY, UH, IDEAS AND, UH, THE WORKING GROUP MEMBERS. 
          UH, WE HAD SOME GOOD DISCUSSIONS AND I HOPE IT, UM, REFLECTED ALL OF THEIR IDEAS. 
          AND SO, UM, I GUESS I WAS THINKING ABOUT THE USE OF PRONOUNS IN THIS, FOR THIS DOCUMENT. 
          I WAS HOPING THE PRONOUNS WE WOULD USE WOULD BE US IN WAY. 
          UM, MY HOPE IS THAT THIS COULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD COME FROM, UM, THE WHOLE ARTS COMMISSION. 
          UM, AND THEN I, I HOPE THAT THE DOCUMENT STOOD ON ITS OWN, THAT IT WOULD BE, I DUNNO, SELF-EXPLANATORY, I HOPED IT WOULD BE INSPIRING. 
          I HOPED IT WOULD BE CLEAR, REALLY WORKED HARD FOR CLARITY. 
          UM, BUT, UH, MY EXPERIENCES, I CAN WORK REALLY HARD ON CLARITY AND STILL NOT BE CLEAR. 
          UM, OKAY, I'LL STOP THERE. 
          THANK YOU, RICK COMMISSIONER BREAK. 
          I THOUGHT THE DOCUMENT WAS VERY CLEAR. 
          I THINK THE VISION THAT THE VISION AND THE PURPOSE, THE REASON BEHIND WHAT, WHAT YOU'VE IMAGINED AND WHAT YOU AND THE WORKING GROUP HAVE IMAGINED WAS SUPER CLEAR. 
          I THINK, LIKE YOU SAID, THE MECHANISMS THROUGH WHICH WE FIGURE OUT HOW TO IMPLEMENT SUCH A VISION, REMAINS SOMETHING WE NEED TO FIGURE, BUT I REALLY APPRECIATED A DOCUMENT. 
          I COULD TELL YOU SPENT A LOT, I COULD TELL YOU HAD LIKE A MOMENT WHERE IT ALL CAME, CAME OUT AND I'M SURE YOU SPEND TIME REFINING IT FROM THERE. 
          UM, I, I REALLY APPRECIATED IT. 
          I THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY WELL-WRITTEN. 
          I THOUGHT IT WAS VERY CLEAR. 
          UM, THAT'S JUST MY COMMENT. 
          I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OTHER THAN NEXT STEPS ON HOW WE FIGURE OUT THE MECHANISMS. AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT AT THIS POINT IN COMMUNICATION WITH CAT STAFF AND MEGAN'S BEING AMAZINGLY HELPFUL AND HELPING CONNECT US WITH THE RIGHT PEOPLE. 
          IT'S JUST THE SPEED IN WHICH THIS ALL HAPPENS. 
          AND I THINK WHAT WE CAN DO IS WE'LL USE THE WORKING GROUP UPDATES MOVING FORWARD TOO, TO PROVIDE UPDATES ON THIS. 
          UM, BUT I THINK IN THE MEANTIME WOULD BE HELPFUL TO, TO THE WORKING GROUP IS IF, FOR THOSE TO GET EYES ON IT. 
          AND EVEN THOUGH WE'RE IN THIS VISION STAGE, AND THAT IS SOLIDIFIED FROM THE WORKING GROUP AND THE MECHANISM IS BEING DETERMINED, THUMBS UP, YOU KNOW, COMMENTS, QUESTIONS THAT WOULD BE, UM, I THINK IT'S JUST HELPFUL FOR US. 
          YEAH, SURE. 
          COME IN HERE FOR, SO THINGS THAT CAME TO MIND IS LIKE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, IN TRAVIS HEIGHTS, UH, SOUTH RIVER CITY, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, IT'S A VERY ARTSY, THERE'S A LOT OF ARTISTS THERE BECAUSE WE HAVE ART OX AND SH AND, AND SO, I MEAN, THE NEIGHBORHOOD GETS FULL, THE PEOPLE WALKING AROUND AND GOING TO HOME TO HOME, TO PEOPLE, THE ARTIST'S HOMES TO, TO VIEW THEIR ART. 
          UM, SO, YOU KNOW, I CAN, I CAN, YOU KNOW, AND I AGREE WITH HEIDI, I THINK IN WHAT YOU JUST SAID, UM, SELENA ABOUT, YOU KNOW, LET'S FIGURE OUT THE HOUSE, OR WHAT ARE THE NEXT STEPS TO ACTUALLY DO IMPLEMENTATION? CAUSE, CAUSE I CAN, I CAN SEE THAT, ESPECIALLY IN LIKE MY NEIGHBORHOOD, THAT THERE, THAT THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW BANNERS OR, YOU KNOW, UH, YARD SIGNS, WHICH THEY DO POST UP, YOU KNOW, IN, IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHEN THEY'RE HAVING THE, THE ART SHOWS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT EVEN JUST, YOU KNOW, SOURCE OF PRIDE, YOU KNOW, AN ARTISTS LIVES HERE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF THING OR, UH, KIND OF SOMETHING. 
          AND I DON'T KNOW, BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS WELL WRITTEN AND WELL THOUGHT OUT, AND I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND THE HOUSE, BUT I THINK WE CAN, YOU CAN CLARIFY THAT A LITTLE BIT BETTER. 
          AND WITH, YOU KNOW, JUST CONTINUING TO FLESH THAT OUT, MAYBE WITH STAFF AND, AND THINGS OF WAYS TO MAYBE GET THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS TO HELP, AS YOU MENTIONED IN YOUR, IN YOUR THING TO, YOU KNOW, TRY TO MAKE SOME SORT OF, UH, NOT PROPAGANDA, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, MECHANISM FOR, YOU KNOW, MAKING, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THAT, UH, THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE RECOGNIZED AS AN ARTS NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING OF CIVIC PRIDE FOR A NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COMMISSIONER FLORES, CIVIC PRIDE. 
          THAT'S GOT A RING TO IT. 
          UM, YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          I THINK THAT THAT'S A GOOD STOPPING POINT FOR THAT ITEM. 
          I WANT TO BE MINDFUL OF TIME. 
          UM, AND WE'VE GOT TO GET THROUGH A GOOD AMOUNT OF WORK IN GROUP UPDATES. 
          SO, UM, WE'LL CIRCLE BACK AND AGAIN, THERE'S, UH, AN A CALL TO ACTION FOR THE COMMISSIONERS, UH, TO CIRCLE BACK WITH US AND ENSURE THAT WE'RE INCLUDING Y'ALL'S 
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VISION ALONGSIDE OUR OWN. 
          UM, NEXT 
          [17. Discussion and possible action on the Annual Internal Review and Report]
ITEM IS DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE ANNUAL INTERNAL REVIEW AND REPORT. 
          UH, BASICALLY WE PRESENT, UH, THIS ANNUAL REVIEW TO REFLECT THE ACTION AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE COMMISSION FOR THE PAST YEAR. 
          THE WAY WE'VE ADDRESSED THIS IN THE PAST, IT'S A ROBUST DOCUMENT. 
          I WANT TO TAKE TIME WITH IT. 
          I DON'T WANT TO GO ITEM BY ITEM HERE TODAY. 
          UH, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS ESTABLISH A WORKING GROUP THAT CAN LOOK AT THE DOCUMENT AND, UH, BUILD UPON, UH, WHAT EXISTS THERE AND THEN BRING THAT BACK TO THE COMMISSION. 
          UM, I I'M I'M UM, UH, JUST HAVE A QUESTION, CAUSE I KNOW WE ALREADY APPROVED OUR GOALS, CORRECT. 
          THAT THE SECOND PART DO WE JUST NEED TO, IS THIS SOMETHING, MAYBE THIS IS A QUESTION FOR STAFF. 
          IS THERE SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE SUBMITTED TO CITY COUNCIL BY A DATE, CERTAIN TO SUBMIT ALL THE ACTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN TAKEN PLACE BY, BY US? AND SO IS IT TIMELY? DO WE NEED TO MAKE A MOTION? OKAY. 
          IT IS IT'S PAST, THAT'S THE THING IS THAT THE PREVIOUS, I MEAN, I READ IT AND I MEAN, I DIDN'T GO THROUGH WITH A FINE TOOTH COMB, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE IN A STAFF HOUSE LISTED ALL OF THE ACTIVITIES AND THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED TO DATE AND I'D HAPPILY, IF IT'S APPROPRIATE, YOU KNOW, MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE IT IN SUBMITTED. 
          YEAH. 
          I DIDN'T WANT TO MAKE THAT DECISION IN AN EXECUTIVE WAY. 
          IT CAME TO ME AND WAS LIKE, HEY, DOES THIS LOOK GOOD? I SAID, WELL, THIS IS AGAIN SOMETHING THAT I FEEL THAT, THAT SHOULD HAVE THE CONSENSUS OF THE COMMISSION. 
          SO IT WAS INCLUDED IN THE PREPARATION MATERIALS THAT I SENT OUT. 
          SO IF, IF WE'RE OKAY TO DO THAT AS IS, WE'LL MOVE THAT WE GET IT OFF, YOU KNOW, THAT WE GET IT OUT AND PUT IT IF IT'S PAST DUE, THEN LET'S MOVE IT. 
          LET'S MOVE IT FORWARD. 
          I'LL SECOND IT AS WELL. 
          I TOOK SOME TIME READING IT. 
          IT FELT VERY OKAY. 
          I WOULD LOVE TO. 
          I MEAN, I LOVE THE FACT THAT IT'S THAT DETAILED. 
          IT'S ALL THE ACTION ITEMS, RIGHT. 
          THAT'S WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST. 
          EXACTLY. 
          I JUST WANT IT AGAIN. 
          DIDN'T WANT TO MAKE THAT DECISION ON MY OWN, WANTED TO BRING IT TO THE DIOCESE AND MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO VOTE ON IT. 
          UM, ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS, UH, HAVE ANY COMMENTS BEFORE WE TAKE A VOTE? ALL RIGHT. 
          ALL IN FAVOR OF, UH, IT'S BEEN SUBMITTED AS IS IF WE WANTED TO MAKE UPDATES, WE COULD RESUBMIT. 
          SO ALL IN FAVOR OF THE CURRENT SUBMISSION. 
          FANTASTIC. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU TO ANN MARIE AND HIS SUES FOR UPDATING THAT DOCUMENT. 
          I APPRECIATE IT. 
          UM, I'M GLAD THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO CREATE ANOTHER WORKING GROUP. 
          NO. 
          WONDERFUL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          WORKING GROUP UPDATES, UPDATE 
          [18. Update from Equity Working Group with Community Arts leaders of the BIPOC/LGBTQIA/Disabilities Community/Women with Commissioners Keeton (chair) and commissioners Gray, Polgar, Zisman, and community members]
FROM THE EQUITY WORKING GROUP WITH COMMUNITY ARTS LEADERS OF THE BIPAP, LGBTQ DISABILITIES COMMUNITIES AND WOMEN WITH COMMISSIONERS, KEATON, CHAIR AND COMMISSIONERS, GREAT POLL GUARDS, THIS MEN AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS, UM, COMMISSIONER KEATON IS NOT WITH US TODAY. 
          SHE'S UM, COMING BACK FROM A FANTASTIC TRIP ABROAD. 
          UM, THERE HAS NOT BEEN MUCH ACTION HERE. 
          I CAN GO AHEAD AND GIVE THAT, UM, UPDATE. 
          UH, WE DO HAVE OUR FINAL REPORT AND WE'LL BE INCLUDING THAT AS A PART OF THE BACK-UP. 
          MICHELLE, DID YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING? I FEEL LIKE IT'S THE SAME UPDATE AS LAST MONTH, BASICALLY. 
          YEAH. 
          I MEAN, THE IDEA OF THAT WORKING GROUP IS IT'S, IT'S OUR TOUCHDOWN AS WE UNROLL AS THE NEW PROGRAMS. UM, SO WE HAVE THAT SCHEDULE FROM STAFF AND I THINK THAT WE ARE SORT OF IN A WAITING SPACE UNTIL THAT ROLLS BACK. 
          AND I KNOW THAT THAT'S NOT NORMALLY THE WAY THAT OUR WORKING GROUP OPERATES. 
          WE IT'S DISCREET AND THEN WE CLOSE IT AND WE CAN OPEN IT BACK UP. 
          THAT'S ANOTHER OPTION. 
          UM, BUT THAT'S WHAT IT WAS DESIGNED TO BE OUR, OUR COMMUNICATION TOOL. 
          AS WE WORKED THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND THE COMMUNITY'S ENGAGEMENT ALL THE WAY THROUGH IT WAS GOING TO BE REALLY IMPORTANT. 
          AND I AGREE THAT THIS CAN BE SOMEWHAT DORMANT FOR THE NEXT FEW MONTHS AND THAT IT'S GOING TO BE A VERY NEEDED TOOL ONCE THRIVE IS LAUNCHED AND WE START SEEING THE OTHER PROGRAMS ROLLING OUT. 
          UM, SO THAT'S, THAT'S OUR UPDATE FOR THAT. 
          UH, IS THAT ALL RIGHT, MICHELLE, DO WE FEEL LIKE WE COVERED THAT CLEARLY? OKAY. 
          [19. Update from Joint Working Group for Joint Cultural Committee with Commissioners Polgar (chair) and working group members from the Quality of Life Commissions]
UH, UPDATE FROM JOINT WORKING GROUP AND DRINK CULTURE COMMITTEE WITH COMMISSIONERS POLL, GAR COMMISSIONER COMMISSIONER POLL GUARD, BECAUSE WE'VE LOST OUR OTHER REP ON THAT ONE, UM, WITH THE QUALITY OF LIFE COMMISSIONS. 
          YEAH. 
          WE HAVE NOT HAD A CHANCE TO RECONVENE SINCE JAIME'S DEPARTURE AND MY RELOCATION. 
          SO WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING ON THAT. 
          WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU. 
          CAN I ASK A COMMISSIONER PAUL GUARD, WHAT WOULD BE THE PLAN IT WITH YOUR INEVITABLE ROLL-OFF IS THE PLAN TO RE-DESIGNATE SOMEONE THERE? SHOULD WE KIND OF TALK ABOUT IF WE CAN REINTRODUCE THE GROUP TO THE COMMISSIONERS AND PERHAPS TAKE A BRIEF SURVEY WHO MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN IT WOULD BE GREAT TO HAVE SOMEBODY ELSE IN THAT ROOM? UM, THIS IS THE, UM, BASICALLY COMMUNICATION TOOL BETWEEN OTHER PARTNERS IN OTHER COMMISSIONS, UM, TO MAKE SURE, BECAUSE WE, WE REALIZED A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO, UH, COMMISSIONER CASTILLO REALIZED THAT WE WERE 
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HAVING THE SAME CONVERSATIONS IN DIFFERENT ROOMS, BUT THAT WE HAD OVERLAPPING INTERESTS AND OVERLAPPING EXPERIENCES. 
          UM, AND SO THIS IS THE QUALITY OF LIFE COMMISSIONS AND MUSIC AND, UM, AND PARKS CAN POTENTIALLY BECOME PART OF THIS, BUT WE'RE JUST TRYING TO GET, GET US ALL IN THE SAME SPACE. 
          AND SO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN THAT KIND OF CROSS COLLABORATION, I THINK OF A HANDFUL OF FOLKS IN THIS ROOM THAT THIS KIND OF A ROLE AS BORN, THEY'RE BORN TO SERVE. 
          YOU GUESS WHO'S RAISING THEIR HAND RIGHT NOW. 
          YEAH. 
          CAN A GUESS, IS IT SOMEBODY IN THE ROOM WITH YOU? IT MIGHT BE. 
          YEAH, BUT THAT'S GREAT. 
          SO YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO, TO REFAMILIARIZE THE COMMISSION WITH THAT WORK, WHAT THE OBJECTIVES WERE AND, UM, AGAIN, TO SORT OF SURVEY WHO MIGHT BE INTERESTED AND WE'VE GOT A VERY WILLING, UH, PERSON HERE IN THE ROOM. 
          UM, I WILL SAY THOUGH THAT I DON'T WANT TO BE THE CHAIR OF IT. 
          AND TWO MONTHS I HAVE A LOT TO LEARN, LISTEN, THIS IS, THIS IS HOW IT GOES. 
          GREAT. 
          DO YOU WANT TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH ME SORT OF, AND THEN, AND THEN WHEN WE CIRCLE BACK IN THE NEXT MEETING, DECIDE WHETHER YOU WANT TO COME IN AT THAT POINT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          WE'LL DO THAT. 
          DOES THAT WORK FOR YOU? YES. 
          AND I'M ALSO HAPPY TO, I WOULD LOVE TO BE A PART OF THAT CONVERSATION AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY EXPANDING AND YES, ABSOLUTELY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COMMISSIONER FULL GAR UPDATE FROM THE PUBLIC PRIVATE 
          [20. Update from Public Private Partnership (P3) Working Group Commissioners Barnes (Chair), Flores, Mok, and Schmalbach]
PARTNERSHIP  WORKING GROUP WITH COMMISSIONER BARNS, CHAIR FLORES, MOC AND SMALL BUCK, COMMISSIONER BARNS, COMMISSIONER BARNS. 
          THERE'S A DOODLE POLL THAT'S BEING PASSED AROUND FOR OUR NEXT MEETING TO GET AN UPDATE, CORRECT? IS THAT WE, WE GOT, UM, WE GOT AN EMAIL FROM STAFF TODAY SORT OF GIVING US AN UPDATE, BUT WHAT I SAID IS PROBABLY I SHOULD ABDICATE MY POSITION ON THIS WORKING GROUP TO, UM, TO COMMISSIONER GRAY AS THE LIAISON. 
          SO, UM, THAT MIGHT AFFECT, UM, COMMISSIONER GREY'S DECISION TO BE ON THE OTHER ONE. 
          BUT I DO THINK THAT THE LIAISON SHOULD BE A PART OF THAT WORKING GROUP. 
          JUST GOT THAT EMAIL. 
          SHE SHE'S JUST SEEING THAT. 
          UM, AND I, I AGREE THAT THAT, THAT WORK IS VERY MUCH OVERLAPPING, SO YES, WE'LL TALK. 
          YES, I'LL DO. 
          I'LL, I'LL GO WHERE I'M NEEDED. 
          THANK YOU, MARJORIE. 
          I JUST TALK, UM, WONDERFUL. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          SO THERE, YOU GUYS ARE, THERE'S A DOODLE POLL, SOME REORGANIZATION OF THE WORKING GROUP. 
          CAN WE SHARE BARNES? I THINK YOU'RE MUTED. 
          SORRY. 
          YES. 
          UM, STAFF IS MOVING THINGS FORWARD FOR US AND ESPECIALLY WITH THE NEW, UM, WITH CONSTANTS COMING UPON OR, UM, AS THE NEW AIPP PERSON, I THINK THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO BOTH, UM, LEVEL SET AND THEN DECIDE WHAT ARE THE NEXT STEPS. 
          BUT YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. 
          I THINK THAT THAT'S A MORE APPROPRIATE SPACE AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE, THERE'S A NICE DISTRIBUTION OF WORKING GROUP PARTICIPATION. 
          SO LET'S, LET'S PUT A PIN IN THAT, UM, UH, FOR THE JOINT INCLUSION COMMITTEE AND ANYBODY THAT MIGHT BE INTERESTED, PLEASE REACH OUT TO, UM, COMMISSIONER POOLE GUARD FOR THAT ONE AS WELL. 
          UM, UPDATE FROM THE QUARTERLY ARTS 
          [21. Update from Quarterly Arts Community Commission Meet-ups Working Group with Commissioners Barnes, Garza (chair), Gray, and Zisman]
COMMUNITY COMMISSION MEETUP WORKING GROUP WITH COMMISSIONER BARNES, GARZA CHAIR. 
          GREAT. 
          AND CISMEN COMMISSIONER GUARDS ARE, DO YOU FEEL PREPARED TO MAKE AN UPDATE? HOLD ON. 
          ACTUALLY, I DON'T HAVE AN UPDATE. 
          I PRETTY TICK PICKED SERIOUS BY SUMMER VACATION. 
          AND SO I WAS GONE AWAY FROM TECHNOLOGY AND WHATNOT FOR ABOUT THE ENTIRE SUMMER UNTIL LIKE LAST WEEK WHEN I CAME BACK TO WORK. 
          SO, UH, AND THE FOLKS THAT I TALKED TO EARLIER ABOUT GRAD SOURCES, MEANING DOES IT SOUND LIKE THEY WANT TO DO IT AFTERWARDS? SO I'M GONNA HAVE TO LIKE START ALL OVER AGAIN. 
          SO NO WORRIES. 
          SO THIS IS, THIS IS THE QUARTERLY MEETUPS. 
          THIS WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO COMMISSIONER FLORES, ASKING QUESTIONS HERE. 
          SO I WANT TO CLARIFY, UM, YES, I'M SO GLAD YOU HAD A WONDERFUL VACATION COMMISSIONER GAZA, WELL DESERVED AS AN EDUCATOR. 
          PLEASE TAKE EVERY SPARE SECOND. 
          YOU CAN. 
          UM, THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE WORKING GROUP DID DO A QUICK CHECK-IN REGARDING POTENTIAL DATES FOR THE FALL QUARTERLY, UM, MEETUP. 
          AND I BELIEVE WE LOCKED IN SEPTEMBER 23RD. 
          I DON'T HAVE IT 26. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER BARNS. 
          SO WE DID LOCK IN A DATE, WE'LL WORK TOGETHER AND RECONVENE TO TALK ABOUT, UM, A LOCATION AND POTENTIALLY, UH, A FOLLOW-UP JUST TO PROVIDE AS MUCH OPPORTUNITY FOR ACCESS TO THESE UPDATES AS POSSIBLE. 
          THIS IS FOR ANYBODY 
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THAT, UM, HAS ATTENDED A COMMUNITY CHAT. 
          THIS IS GOING TO BE VERY SIMILAR TO THAT WHERE WE CAN BE FACE-TO-FACE HOPEFULLY, AND, UM, ANSWER QUESTIONS IN REAL TIME, AS IT REGARDS TO ACTION HAPPENING ON THE DAYAS OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH AIPP AND KAT, THE PILOT PROGRAMMING, BASICALLY EVERY, AND ANY TOPIC WILL BE OPEN FOR DISCUSSION. 
          UM, AND I THINK MOVING FORWARD FOR OUR NEXT UPDATE, IF WE CAN GET A FULL FLEDGED MEETING ON THE BOOKS, WE CAN TALK ABOUT SORT OF DESIGNATING WHAT DISTRICTS WILL BE AT, WHAT MEETINGS, UM, INCORPORATING THE SCHEDULING IN A WAY THAT WE CAN GET OUT POTENTIALLY A YEAR'S WORTH OF QUARTERLY MEETUPS ON THE BOOKS AND ON THE CALENDAR SO THAT COMMUNITY MEMBERS CAN PLAN TO ATTEND. 
          UM, NOT ONLY THE WHATEVER IS MOST CONVENIENT, BUT POTENTIALLY THE ONE THAT INCLUDES THEIR REPRESENTATIVE, BECAUSE I THINK THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE DISTRICTS, UM, IS REALLY IMPORTANT AND MAYBE A LITTLE UNDERSERVED AT THE MOMENT. 
          SO CAN I ASK A QUICK QUESTION, LET ME ASK THE COMMISSION LIMIT, LET'S COMPARE YOUR BARNS. 
          UM, JUST THE OTHER THING IS THAT IN OUR DISCUSSIONS, WE ALSO FELT THAT, UM, SORT OF TO REALLY KICK THIS OFF IN A WAY LIKE WAITING, HAVING ONE AND THEN WAITING THREE MONTHS, PROBABLY DOESN'T SOLIDIFY. 
          UM, THIS, UH, WE'VE SET, I THINK IT'S TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25TH. 
          I THINK THAT'S THE DAY AS HAVING A SECOND ONE BEFORE HERE AND, AND THEN LOOKING AT SETTING THE REST OF THESE FOR THE, FOR THE NEXT CALENDAR YEAR. 
          UM, BUT TO GET TWO OF THESE ON THE BOOKS FAIRLY QUICKLY IN SUCCESSION WOULD HELP US IN, UM, JUST SHOWING A COMMITMENT, HOPEFULLY A SWAGING, ANY FEAR OF PEOPLE HAVING A PROCESS AND TALKING THROUGH ALL OF THAT AND ANY OF THE OTHER ISSUES THAT HAVE COME UP. 
          SO, UM, ACA HAS, UM, RESPECTFULLY, OR HAS VERY GRACIOUSLY, NOT RESPECTFULLY GRACIOUSLY OFFERED TO HOST THE VERY FIRST ONE IN SEPTEMBER. 
          AND WE JUST FELT LIKE THAT WOULD BE A GOOD ONE IT'S IN SOUTH AUSTIN. 
          AND THEN WE PROBABLY WOULD BE LOOKING FOR ONE MAYBE EAST AUSTIN OR NORTH AUSTIN, UM, FOR THE, FOR THE ONE IN OCTOBER TO MAKE SURE THAT GEOGRAPHICALLY WE'RE HITTING ON AS MANY DIFFERENT LOCATIONS AS POSSIBLE. 
          WELL, THAT ANSWERED MY QUESTION BECAUSE MY QUESTION WAS, SO THE FIRST MEETUP A QUARTERLY MEETUP WILL BE NINE 20, SEPTEMBER 26TH. 
          IS THAT, IS IT IN THE EVENING TIME? 6:00 PM. 
          6:00 PM SIX. 
          AND IT'S GOING TO BE AT NOW, I'M HEARING AT TAPESTRY AND THEN, AND THEN YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE CALENDARING TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25TH FOR THE SECOND ONE, TBD DETERMINED TBD LOCATION. 
          RIGHT. 
          BUT DEFINITELY BEING MINDFUL THAT WE DON'T WANT IT TO BE SOUTH AGAIN TO BE EAST AND NORTH MORE EASTERN NORTH. 
          OKAY. 
          CAUSE SHE'S KIND OF SOUTHEAST, SO SOUTH AUSTRALIA YOU COULD DO SOUTHWEST, RIGHT. 
          SO WE COULD DO YEAH. 
          OR, OR DO CENTRAL CENTRAL. 
          OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          WELL, I'VE GOT THEM ON MY CALENDAR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, THAT INFORMATION WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE NEWSLETTER AND WE'LL BE REACHING OUT TO PREVIOUS HOST OF COMMUNITY CHATS TO SEE WHO MIGHT BE AVAILABLE. 
          COMMISSIONER PAUL GAR. 
          I'M JUST GOING TO SAY YAY. 
          CAUSE WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOREVER EVER, EVER, AND I'M SO EXCITED TO HEAR DATES AND LOCATIONS AND IT'S HAPPENING. 
          AND THANK YOU GUYS. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          OKAY. 
          UPDATE 
          [22. Update from Emergency Funding and Proactive Strategies for Future Funding Working Group with Commissioners Flores, Polgar, Schmalbach, Van Dyke, and Zisman (chair)]
FROM EMERGENCY FUNDING AND PROACTIVE STRATEGIES FOR FUTURE FUNDING WORKING GROUP WITH COMMISSIONERS FLOWERS, POLISH MY BACK BACK DECK AND CHAIR ME. 
          UM, WE HAVE A MEETING DATE CIRCULATING. 
          WE WANT TO GET TOGETHER AND START TALKING ABOUT THE ATRIAL C AND UM, OTHER OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVE TO, UM, EXTEND THAT FUNDING THAT'S THERE. 
          UM, BEYOND THAT WE DON'T HAVE MUCH OF AN UPDATE. 
          OH, UH, LIKE SHE ALWAYS CALLS ME THE AUSTIN CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS. 
          THERE IS $1 MILLION AND I APPRECIATE THAT, UH, ACRONYM CITY OVER HERE, THERE'S $1 MILLION THERE THAT NEEDS TO BE SPENT. 
          UM, VERY SPECIFICALLY WITHIN WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND, UM, PUSH OR PULL GUARD. 
          DO YOU WANT TO JUMP IN BETWEEN HOMELESSNESS AND ARTS? YES. 
          SO VERY SPECIFIC DIRECTIVE. 
          WE'RE, WE'RE GOING TO REALLY MASSAGE OUT DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES, DIFFERENT IDEAS, UM, AND THAT WORKING GROUP WILL BE GETTING TOGETHER. 
          IT'S THE SAME WORKING GROUP, UM, THAT DEALT WITH THE ART PART DISTRIBUTION. 
          SO VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE ECOSYSTEM, UM, AS WE ALL ARE, BUT JUST UNDERSTANDING, YOU KNOW, AND WORKING IN TANDEM WITH, WITH CAD AS WELL AS, UM, SOME OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS TO SORT OF TALK 
          [02:35:01]
ABOUT DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES, DIFFERENT STRATEGIES FOR, UM, GETTING THAT MONEY OUT THERE. 
          YEAH. 
          VERY EXCITING STUFF. 
          COMMISSIONER FLORES. 
          WELL, JUST THE THOUGHT THAT THIS WORKING GROUP SHOULD THEN ALSO LIAISON WITH THE INDIVIDUALS THAT WE HEARD FROM TONIGHT, BECAUSE THEY'RE AMAZING. 
          AND THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO BRAINSTORM ON AS TO HOW TO BRING OUT OUT OUTSIDE SOURCES OF MONEY INTO THE ARTS ECOSYSTEM. 
          AND I THINK THEY HAVE A, THEY'VE DONE A REALLY GREAT JOB OF GETTING OUT THERE AND MOVING THE NEEDLE. 
          SO I THINK WORKING IN LIAISON, I MEAN, IN A COLLABORATION WITH THEM, I THINK, UH, WE COULD COME UP WITH SOME REAL, UH, YOU KNOW, REAL CONCRETE STRATEGIES TO MOVE FORWARD ON THIS AND WHAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT. 
          I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. 
          COMMISSIONER MOCK, A LONG LIST AND ODD, I REMEMBER AT ONE OF THE P THREE MEETING, UM, THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT WHEN THEY PURCHASED THOSE HOTEL TO SHELL, TO THE HOMELESS, THEY DID NOT HAVE ALLOCATED ANY MONEY, UM, BECAUSE THEY DON'T THINK THAT IS A PUBLIC PROJECT PROJECT. 
          SO THEY, THEY DIDN'T, UH, ALLOCATED ANY MONEY TO HAVE PUBLIC ART, YOU KNOW, IN, IN NGOS, UH, HOTELS. 
          SO MAYBE THIS IS ONE OF THOSE PROJECTS THAT CAN UTILIZE THIS $1 MILLION BECAUSE IT IS, IT IS SAD THAT THEY DON'T THINK THAT THE HOMELESS NEED ART. 
          SO THEY DID NOT LOOK ANY MONEY, YOU KNOW? UM, WELL THERE'S A HOMELESS SHELTER, SO JUST A THOUGHT, THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, NEXT 
          [23. Update from Art Neighborhoods Working Group with Commissioners Gray, Mok, Zisman, and Van Dyke (chair)]
IS, UH, THE ART NEIGHBORHOODS WORKING GROUP. 
          I FEEL LIKE WE DID A VERY THOROUGH UPDATE THERE. 
          SO COMMISSIONER VANDYKE, IF YOU ALL RIGHT, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CONTINUE. 
          CAN I JUST HAVE ABSOLUTELY. 
          UM, IF, IF I UNDERSTAND, RIGHT, I THINK WE HAVE THE WORKING GROUP SUPPORT FOR THIS IDEA. 
          UM, AND I THINK FOR THE DOCUMENT, BUT I THINK THE NEXT STEP IS TO SEE IF THE FULL COMMISSION SUPPORTS US. 
          UM, SO, UH, I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO MOVE THIS ON TO IMPLEMENTATION AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN. 
          I KNOW THINGS DON'T MOVE QUICKLY, OFTEN THAT, SO IS IT POSSIBLE, UH, IF THE REST OF THE COMMISSIONERS, UM, GOOD, UH, EMAIL, EITHER THE WORKING GROUP, ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE WORKING GROUP OR EMAIL ME THERE, ANY RESPONSES TO IT. 
          SO MAYBE WE CAN VOTE ON IT NEXT TIME, SEE IF IT, UH, CAN COME FROM THE FULL COMMISSION. 
          HOW DOES THAT, DOES THAT FLY? I THINK THAT'S A FAIR ASK. 
          GREAT. 
          GETTING A THUMBS UP FROM MY VICE CHAIR. 
          YEAH, I THINK, AND I THINK THAT'S, YEAH, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT AND WE CAN GET A CONSENSUS AND MOVING FORWARD AND, UM, WE'LL BE ABLE TO IDEALLY HAVE MORE OF AN UPDATE IN TERMS OF WHERE THIS IS GOING IN, IN THAT LENS OF IMPLEMENTATION. 
          SO IF PEOPLE COULD EMAIL ME BY THE END OF THE MONTH, IS THAT OKAY? THAT'S WHAT GIVES A COUPLE OF WEEKS OR THE WHOLE WORKING GROUP, UM, OR, AND MAYBE THERE'S A WAY TO SORT OF BEEF UP, UH, THE HOUSE A LITTLE BIT AND MAYBE THAT SO THAT IT CAN BE IN, UH, SO WHEN WE DO VOTE ON IT NEXT TIME WE HAVE SOME, SOME BETTER DIRECTION AS TO WHAT WE NEED. 
          THAT'S SORT OF WHERE WE'RE YEAH. 
          THE, THE CRUX OF THIS WE'RE AT THIS SORT OF CHECKPOINT. 
          WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY VOTING ON THE IMPLEMENTATION JUST YET, BUT JUST THE, I DIDN'T SAY WE WERE, I SAID FOR NEXT MEETING, BUT I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE STRENGTHENED ON THE HOUSE, WHAT THE HOWARD AND I THINK THAT'S, WHAT'S IN PROGRESS. 
          RIGHT. 
          CAUSE THERE'S DIFFERENT VENUES FOR HOW WE MIGHT GET THERE, BUT YES, FOR NEXT MONTH, I THINK THAT IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT, WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS WE'RE HOPING WE HAVE MORE OF A VISION OF WHERE THIS IS GOING TO GO TO LIVE. 
          IF RICK, CAN I JUST SAY SOMETHING REALLY QUICK? I THINK BECAUSE I THINK THAT I THINK WHAT RICK IS AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, RICK IS LIKE, RICK WOULD JUST LIKE TO HEAR IF THE IDEA BEHIND AN ARTS NEIGHBORHOOD IS WORTH CONTINUING ON BECAUSE THE HOUSE ARE WHERE WE, AS A, AS A, AS A WORKING GROUP ARE STUCK BECAUSE OF, OF INFORMATION THAT WE NEED FROM OTHER SORT OF CITY SOURCES, ET CETERA, THAT ARE DOING A LOT OF THE SAME KIND OF WORK. 
          SO I THINK HONESTLY, WE COULD GET A HANDS UP A YAY OR NAY AT THIS MEETING, WHETHER THIS IS SOMETHING THAT CAN BE PUT AND WE FIGURE OUT HOW TO PICK IT UP AND HOW IT WILL GO FORWARD AND WHO WILL 
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TAKE HANDS AND TRYING TO FIND OUT HOW TO CONNECT TO HOW TO DO IT. 
          COMMISSIONER MOCK. 
          I THINK THE, HOW IS JUST THOUGHT, BECAUSE WE MIGHT NEED TO INVOLVE THE CITY PLANNING, YOU KNOW, WE MADE, I MEAN, THIS IS, THIS IS HUGE, BUT I THINK THE CONCEPT IS WORTHY OF THIS BOLD, UH, IDEA, YOU KNOW? SO, UM, SO COMMISSIONER FLORES, I THINK THE, HOW IT IS BEYOND HIS COMMISSION, I THINK WE JUST NEED TO SUPPORT THIS BOAT IDEA TO CREATE NEIGHBORHOOD ARTS NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          I THINK THE HALL MEET THE COMMITMENT FROM THE CITY PLANNING, YOU KNOW, THE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, RIGHT NOW WE ARE PUTTING UP A LOAD, SOME AFFORDABLE HOUSING, YOU KNOW, BUDGET AND ALL THAT, YOU KNOW, SO, SO I THINK THE, HOW IS BIG IF THE PILOT NEEDS TO HAVE THE COMMITMENTS FROM ALL THE 11 COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          AND, BUT I THINK FROM ICE, DAN HAVE A RESISTANT, THIS IS ONE OF THOSE BOLD IDEAS AND WE SHOULD PUSH PAUL BECAUSE IT'S BD ABOUT BUILDING A COMMUNITY, BUILDING COMMUNITY AND MAKE OUR COMMUNITY MORE CONNECTED THROUGH, UH, ARTS. 
          SO I THINK I'M READY TO VOTE ON THE IDEA. 
          WELL, I THINK I MENTIONED MY AT THE BEGINNING, I THINK I WAS THE FIRST ONE TO SPEAK THAT THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD IDEA. 
          SO I'VE, I'VE ALREADY EXPRESSED THAT READING THROUGH IT. 
          I, I THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD IDEA. 
          I MEAN, IT'S NOT NECESSARILY PACKAGED AND READY TO GO, LIKE YOU SAID, BUT I THINK THE CONCEPT AND THE IDEAS BEHIND IT ARE GOOD. 
          SO I CERTAINLY DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEM WITH THAT AT ALL. 
          THIS IS, ARE WE ABLE TO, I KNOW WE'RE NOT UNDER DISCUSSION AND ACTION, BUT SINCE THAT WAS MAYBE A MISSED OPPORTUNITY, CAN WE TAKE IT DEVOTE HERE? IT FEELS LIKE PEOPLE ARE IN SUPPORTIVE OF THE CONCEPT AND THAT'S REALLY ALL WE'RE LOOKING FOR IN TERMS OF TONIGHT, NOT ANY SORT OF IMPLEMENTATION, BUT IF WE CAN JUST GET THE THUMBS UP, LIKE, UH, FROM THE COMMISSION FOR THOSE THAT ARE READY AND WILLING TO VOTE. 
          YEAH, I THINK SO. 
          UM, I'LL JUST MAKE, UH, A NOTE IN THE MINUTES THAT, UM, WE WENT BACK TO VOTE ON THIS KIND OF LIKE WHEN WE TAKE ITEMS OUT OF ORDER. 
          SO I'LL DO SOME KIND OF NOTE LIKE THAT TO SHOW, SHOWCASE THAT, UM, BACK TO THE FUTURE. 
          EXCELLENT. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT FLEXIBILITY. 
          OKAY. 
          COMMISSIONERS, CAN I GET A MOTION? SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO, UH, RICAN, UH, TO REVISIT ITEM. 
          UM, WHAT IS IT, 16, UH, AND, UM, APPROVE THE CONCEPT THAT'S AS PRESENTED IN THE REPORT FROM THE WORKING GROUP OF THE ARTS NEIGHBORHOOD WORKING GROUPS. 
          I'M SEEING A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER VICE-CHAIR SMALL BLOCK ALL IN FAVOR. 
          AYE. 
          UNANIMOUS. 
          THANK YOU, COMMISSIONERS. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THAT THAT VALIDATION IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO THE WORKING GROUP AND WE'RE EXCITED AND TO, TO QUOTE COMMISSIONER MOFFITT IS A BOLD IDEA THAT WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH CONFIDENCE IN THE FURTHER CONVERSATIONS THAT WE TAKE WITH CITY STAFF. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          APPRECIATE IT WITH THAT. 
          [ITEMS FOR INFORMATION]
WE ARE TWO ITEMS OF INFORMATION, ANY COMMISSIONERS HAVE THINGS TO SHARE COMMISSIONER MOCK AND THINKING ABOUT, UH, WE GET TO PRESENTATION ALREADY FROM THAT PERFORMING GROUP THAT THEY HAVE SOME, UM, YEAH, SOME CHALLENGE ABOUT UTILIZING THE FACILITIES AT THE MEXICAN AMERICAN CULTURAL CENTER. 
          IS IT THAT THEY, THEY WERE, HE WAS SUCH A, UM, I JUST NEED TO GET THE POCS STAFF. 
          I MEAN, I FELT LIKE WE, WE HAVEN'T BD. 
          I MEAN, YOU PUT A PERFORMING GROUP COME IN WITH SUCH TERRIBLE STORIES, YOU KNOW, ABOUT NOT HAVING AIR CONDITIONING DURING THE PERFORMANCE WITH A THREE DIGIT HEAT. 
          I MEAN, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK WE NEED TO ADDRESS. 
          SO, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS, IT NEEDS TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THE STAFF FROM THE POP AS FAR AS HOW, HOW DID THAT HAPPEN AND HOW CAN 
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WE MAKE IT POSSIBLE THAT THIS WON'T HAPPEN AGAIN? BECAUSE IT IS TERRIBLE. 
          I'M STILL PICTURING ALL THESE PEOPLE PERFORMING THE AUDIENCE AND THEN NO, NO, NO AIR CONDITIONING, NO ELECTRICITY, YOU KNOW, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PRO PERFORMANCE. 
          AND IT IS HORRIBLE. 
          SO, UM, SO I THINK WE NEED TO AT LEAST ADDRESS IT. 
          I FEEL TERRIBLE THAT WE HAVEN'T, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA OR I FEEL MONTHS, COMMISSIONER PAUL, ARE YOU RAISING YOUR HAND? I SEE IT LIKE A HOSTILE  TO AMY'S POINT. 
          LIKE WE CAN PUT THAT ON AN AGENDA, BUT I REALLY FEEL LIKE THAT THAT, BECAUSE IT'S A CULTURAL CENTER, A QUESTION, AND BECAUSE CULTURAL CENTERS ARE MANAGED THROUGH THE PARKS AND NOT THROUGH US, THAT THAT'S PROBABLY A BETTER VENUE FOR THE CONVERSATION. 
          AND TO THAT REGARD, I DID HAVE AN OUTSIDE CONVERSATION WITH BOTH THAT PRESENTER AND ASKED IF THEY'D CONTACTED THE PARKS BOARD AND THE PARK STAFF TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION. 
          SO, UM, I JUST WONDER THIS IS THE APPROPRIATE VENUE FOR THAT CONVERSATION, LIKE IN AN OFFICIAL CAPACITY BEYOND SAYING, YES, WE THINK THIS IS TERRIBLE AND WE'D LIKE TO GET SOME HELP TO ADDRESS IT. 
          SO WHAT'S OUR ROLE IS MY QUESTION, BUT WE CAN PUT IT ON THE AGENDA AND HAVE THAT CONVERSATION. 
          CAN WE SHARE IT GRAY? UH, JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT I, UM, I HAD A GREAT MEETING WITH CHAIR OF ZISMAN AND WE BOTH MET WITH, UH, UH, MEGAN WITH REGARD TO THAT, BECAUSE IT WAS AN UPSETTING THING TO HEAR AND THE SAME RESULT WAS THERE THAT THE PARKS AND REC, UH, CONNECTION NEEDS TO BE MADE. 
          UH, BUT THERE WAS SOME ACTION, UM, UH, COMMISSIONER MOCK ON THAT ALMOST IMMEDIATELY. 
          SO THERE WAS A LOT OF FEELINGS BEHIND THAT. 
          AND I THANK YOU CHAIR FOR, FOR BEING THERE AS WELL. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          AND I THINK, UH, COMMISSIONER MOCK, WHAT WE CAN DO IS REACH OUT TO LOUISE SODAS AND PERHAPS REQUEST AN UPDATE ON WHERE THINGS ARE. 
          I, I DON'T, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, BUILDING ON WHAT'S BEING MENTIONED, I DON'T WANT TO CIRCUMVENT PROTOCOL. 
          I DON'T WANT TO, YOU KNOW, BIG PROMISES THAT ARE NOT REALLY OUR AUTHORITY TO RECTIFY. 
          I THINK AWARENESS IS EVERYTHING. 
          AND I THINK CREATE AGAIN, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT BREAKING DOWN THE WALLS BETWEEN THE SILOS OF DEPARTMENTS, LIKE OBVIOUSLY THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO IMPROVE. 
          AND SO FOR ME, THAT THE REAL ACTION ITEM IS IMPROVING OUR COMMUNICATION WITH PART WITH THESE REC CENTERS SO THAT WE CAN HAVE OPEN LINES OF COMMUNICATION. 
          AND IT'S, WE'RE NOT SO DISPARATE. 
          YES. 
          COMMISSIONER, UH, NO, I DON'T THINK I'M TALKING ABOUT SUPERVISING THE STAFF THAT IS CERTAINLY, BUT I THINK WE ARE SUPPORTING ARTISTS, RIGHT? SO IT IS OUR JOB. 
          WHEN, WHEN ARTISTS CAME TO US, YOU KNOW, TO, TO HAVE TO HAVE THIS, THIS, THIS CONDITION, I THINK WE NEED TO LEARN HOW TO SUPPORT AND FIND OUT EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED. 
          I THINK THAT IS WITHIN, WITHIN OUR, OUR, UM, RESPONSIBILITY. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          SO COMMISSIONER W WHAT IS THE, IF WE'RE LOOKING AT A SPECIFIC LABELING OF AN AGENDA ITEM, WHAT IS THE ACTION YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE? WELL, UH, I LIKE TO SEE IT AS, UH, HOW, HOW, HOW, HOW CAN THE, THE FACILITY, THE CONDITION OF THE FACILITIES BE MOST SUPPORTIVE TO THE ARTISTS? YOU KNOW, I, I, YOU KNOW, JUST, JUST TO HAVE THE PARK STAFF TO COME IN AND, AND JUST, YOU KNOW, GIVE US MAYBE THERE WAS, IT WAS JUST ONE OF THOSE TIME AND THERE MAY BE SOME EXPLANATION, BUT I FELT LIKE I HAVE ALL THESE QUESTIONS WITHOUT, I DON'T HAVE A CLOSURE ABOUT THIS. 
          SO I THINK IF WE ARE TO SUPPORT ARTISTS, I THINK WE NEED TO DO OUR JOB, ESPECIALLY TO FLORIDA. 
          I THOUGHT, UM, MAYBE WE ASK, UH, FOR AN UPDATE, UH, ON STAFF BRIEFINGS FROM, I MEAN, IT'S NOT OUR STAFF, BUT WE'VE CERTAINLY HAD UPDATES FROM, FROM, UH, , UH, WITH, UH, THE CULTURAL ARTS CENTERS. 
          AND SO I THINK WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE FUTURE AGENDA ITEM, HAVE A STAFF BRIEFING FROM HER AND TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES BECAUSE, AND, AND EXPRESS OUR CONCERN. 
          THAT'S ALL. 
          AND THAT'S A PERFECT OPTION. 
          YES. 
          COMMISSIONER MOCK, DOES THAT SOUND GOOD TO YOU? I JUST WANT IT TO HAVE CLEAR, I DON'T DISAGREE WITH YOU AT ALL. 
          I THINK THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE DONE OKAY. 
          TO SATISFY MY CURIOSITY 
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AND BECAUSE THEY CAME TWICE AND, AND IT SEEMS THAT THE ISSUES HAVE NOT BEEN RESOLVED. 
          SO I JUST WANTED TO LEND OUR SUPPORT. 
          ABSOLUTELY NOT TO COMMISSIONER, TO THEM, TO, YOU KNOW, GET MYSELF EDUCATED. 
          WE WILL REACH OUT WE, THE ROYAL, WE, I DON'T KNOW IT STUFF. 
          IS THAT US THAT CONTEXT, UH, LAURA'S BARS OR, OR Y'ALL ARE, I'M GETTING THE HIGH SIDE, SO IT'LL BE DONE. 
          LET IT BE KNOWN. 
          WE'LL HAVE THAT ON THE AGENDA. 
          WE'LL INVITE THEM TO COME SPEAK AND SPEAK THEIR PARTNER. 
          I'M ALSO INTERESTED TO HEAR FROM LOUISA AS WELL. 
          AND JUST WHAT THE EXPERIENCE IS, BECAUSE IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NOT JUST CLARIFICATION AS TO WHY, BUT THEN AGAIN, I, I'M MUCH MORE INTERESTED IN HOW DO WE MOVE FORWARD AND HOW DO WE IMPROVE THESE EXPERIENCES AND WHAT IS TO BE LEARNED FROM SITUATIONS LIKE THIS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, I FEEL INEVITABLY OUT OF CERTAIN PEOPLE'S HANDS, UH, AND SAYING THAT, BUT, UM, AGAIN, WE, WE ONLY HAVE THE FUTURE. 
          WE ONLY HAVE THE NEXT STEP TO DEMONSTRATE OUR INTENT AND OPPORTUNITY FOR CHANGE AND IMPROVEMENT. 
          AND SO THAT'S, I WANT TO, I DON'T WANT TO HARP ON PART, BUT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT SOLUTIONS AND HOW WE MOVE FORWARD, UM, TO PREVENT THIS KIND OF THING FROM HAPPENING AGAIN. 
          YEP. 
          YEP. 
          SO AN UPDATE ON HOW THEY'RE ADDRESSING THE ISSUE AND, UM, WHAT THE NEXT STEPS ARE FOR THE HOLISTIC APPROACH. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. 
          I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          UM, SO THAT KIND OF FELL INTO FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER, UM, ITEMS FOR INFORMATION COMMISSIONER VANDYKE? WE HAVE A DATE FOR NEXT MONTH'S MEETING. 
          WE DO. 
          I BELIEVE IT'S THE 19TH OF SEPTEMBER. 
          IS THERE A PLACE THAT WE CAN FIND THAT I, WHEN I FIRST CAME ON, I, I WAS TOLD THAT THEY'D SIT HER ON THE ONLINE ARE NOT ACCURATE, IS THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S NOT UNTRUE COMMISSIONER VANDYKE, THAT THERE, THERE IS A FULL SCHEDULE OF THE ARTS COMMISSION MEETINGS THAT'S POSTED SOMETIMES THAT DOES CHANGE DEPENDING ON ROOM AVAILABILITY, BUT I BELIEVE WE ARE SLATED FOR THE 19TH. 
          UM, I KNOW NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER ARE IN FLUX. 
          WE ARE TRYING TO LOCK IN A VENUE, BUT IN, FOR, WE ARE TRYING TO AVOID A RESCHEDULE FOR, UH, AT ALL COSTS BECAUSE THAT, THAT THEN USES UP OUR ABILITY TO CALL A SPECIAL MEETING, WHICH WE'RE TRYING TO DO, UM, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH MUSIC. 
          SO BEST CASE SCENARIO IS WE ARE TRUE TO FORM IN TERMS OF WHAT'S LISTED ON THE WEBSITE, BUT WE'LL, WE'LL LET YOU KNOW IF THERE'S ANY VARIANCE FROM THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YES. 
          COMMISSIONER MOCK. 
          UM, I HAVE ZERO, UH, I THINK, UM, REMEMBER WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS, UM, BLACK CULTURAL DISTRICT. 
          YES. 
          UM, WOULD YOU PLEASE PUT HIM ON THE AGENDA AND LET HIM KNOW THAT IT'S SEPTEMBER? IS IT 19 SEPTEMBER 19TH? HAD YOU HEARD BACK FROM HAROLD COMMISSIONER, MAM? YEAH, I THINK I, I COPY YOU WITH, UH, WHEN I REPLIED TO HIM, HE, HE COULDN'T MAKE IT FOR THIS MEETING. 
          HE SAID HE WILL TRY TO MAKE IT AT THE NEXT MEETING BY WHEN HE ASKED ME I DIDN'T HAVE, UM, THE DATE. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH. 
          WE CAN FOLLOW UP WITH HIM SO THAT HE CAN COME IN AND GIVE A PRESENTATION AT THE SEPTEMBER MEETING. 
          THAT WILL BE GREAT. 
          FANTASTIC. 
          YES, I WILL GET THAT ON THERE. 
          I'M GOING TO JUMP IN ITEMS FOR INFORMATION ONLY BECAUSE IT'S HAPPENING BEFORE OUR NEXT COMMISSION MEETING, UM, OF COLOR AS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION, OR SOON TO BE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT IS HOSTING, UH, LATINO ART WEEKEND. 
          IT IS THE WEEKEND OF MEXICAN INDEPENDENCE DAY, THE 16TH, UH, SEPTEMBER 16TH, 17TH, AND 18TH. 
          AND IT'S A THREE-DAY FESTIVAL SUPPORTING LOCAL AND, UM, TEXAS MAKERS AND ARTISTS, CREATIVES, MUSICIANS, UH, DANCERS, PERFORMERS, DEFINITELY WORTH CHECKING OUT. 
          UM, IF YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT THEM, THEY ALSO PRODUCE BLACK ART WEEKEND AND ASIAN ART WEEKEND, VERY WORTHWHILE, UH, GROUP. 
          IT WILL BE AT DISTRIBUTION HALL AND IT IS A TICKETED EVENT, BUT THERE ARE SOME REALLY, I THINK TICKETS ARE ON, UM, EARLY BIRD SALE RIGHT NOW. 
          AND YOU CAN GET A BUNDLE WHERE IT'S ALL THREE. 
          SO IF ANYBODY'S INTERESTED, UM, I'M SURE IT'S VERY GOOGLE-ABLE. 
          YOU CAN ALSO REACH OUT TO ME. 
          I'M HAPPY TO CIRCULATE THAT INFORMATION TO ANYBODY THAT'S INTERESTED, BUT I WANTED TO LET THE COMMUNITY KNOW THAT THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY COMING UP. 
          UM, ANY OTHER ITEMS FOR INFORMATION COMMISSIONERS? IT FEELS LIKE WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. I HAVE ONE TO ADD, BUT I WANT TO GIVE ITEMS FOR INFORMATION. 
          JUST ONE MORE CHANCE. 
          OKAY. 
          SEEING 
          [FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS]
THEN MOVING FORWARD TO FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. I DO WANT TO JUST MENTION, UM, THE MUSIC COMMISSION HAS CREATED A WORKING GROUP THAT WE'LL BE DISCUSSING THE CONVENTION CENTER EXPANSION IN TERMS OF, UH, A LIAISON ACCOUNTABILITY PARTNER 
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WITH A DESIGNATED DESIGNATED PERSON FROM THE CONVENTION CENTER, UM, TO DISCUSS THE IDEAS THAT THEY'VE PRESENTED IN WAYS THAT THEY CAN BETTER SUPPORT THE CREATIVE ECOSYSTEM. 
          I HAVE COMMUNICATED WITH THE CHAIR AND THEY WOULD LOVE TO INCLUDE US, UM, AND CREATE A JOINT WORKING GROUP FOR THAT. 
          AGAIN, WE WANT TO SORT OF BREAK DOWN THE WALLS BETWEEN THE COMMISSIONS AND BE PROVIDING A UNITED FRONT, NOT ONLY TO THE CONVENTION OR EXPANSION, BUT ALSO DEMONSTRATING THAT TO COUNCIL. 
          SO, UM, IF ANYBODY IS INTERESTED IN WORKING ON THAT WORKING GROUP, I THINK THAT THAT'S SOMETHING TO MAYBE MULL OVER AND WE CAN START TALKING ABOUT, UM, HOW TO CONSOLIDATE THOSE EFFORTS SO THAT WE CAN TALK MORE IN DEPTH AND MAYBE INVITE THE MUSIC COMMISSIONER TO TALK TO US NEXT. 
          YES. 
          UH, GOT STAFF MEMBER HERE, SORRY. 
          I THINK WE MISSED OUR OPPORTUNITY FOR ITEMS FOR INFORMATION. 
          CAN WE ADD ONE MORE LAST CALL? YOU MISSED IT. 
          YES, PLEASE. 
          AWESOME. 
          UM, SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU ALL THAT THERE IS AN OPEN CALL RIGHT NOW, UM, FOR ANY MEDIA ARTS ARTISTS. 
          UM, SO AUSTIN, WE ARE UNESCO CREATIVE CITY DESIGNATED IN THE FIELD OF MEDIA ARTS, AND WE HAVE A CO UM, CALL BETWEEN AUSTIN AND COSI J SLOVAKIA THAT'S FUNDED IN PART BY THE SLOVAK ARTS COUNCIL. 
          UM, SO IT'S A TWO MONTH, UM, VIRTUAL ARTIST RESIDENCY WHERE YOU'D WORK TOGETHER WITH THE OTHER ARTISTS, UM, CULMINATING IN AN EXHIBITION IN ART TECH DAYS IN NOVEMBER, END OF NOVEMBER IN COSI CHASE SLOVAKIA. 
          SO IT'S 2000 EUROS, UM, FOR THE TWO SELECTED ARTISTS AND THE APPLICATION DEADLINE IS SEPTEMBER 1ST, THE DETAILS ARE ON OUR FACEBOOK AND WE'LL BE IN THE NEWSLETTER AND I'LL SEND IT DIRECT TO YOU AS WELL. 
          UM, CHAIR, SO YOU CAN PUT IT IN YOUR NEWSLETTER, BUT PLEASE SHARE WITH YOUR NETWORKS, READ MY MIND. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, LAURA COMMISSIONERS, ANY OTHER ITEMS OR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS, BUT VICE-CHAIRS MOBILE. 
          I'D LIKE TO INVITE, UM, A PRESENTATION FROM THE UT AUSTIN CENTER FOR INTEGRATED DESIGN, JUST A, UM, PROGRAM DEPARTMENT AT UT AUSTIN. 
          AND THEY'VE AGREED TO WORK WITH US, UM, THROUGH A STUDENT LED INITIATIVE. 
          UM, AND I'M HOPING THAT WE CAN INVITE THEM TO JOIN US AND PRESENT ON WHAT THEIR SCOPE IS AND GET INPUT FROM US. 
          I SEE A SECOND FROM CHRISTIAN AND PULLS ARE SO THAT'LL BE ADDED TO OUR AGENDA. 
          OKAY. 
          WITH THAT, I THINK, UH, COMMISSIONER MOTT. 
          OKAY. 
          I JUST DID IT INVITE EVERYBODY TO COME TO HARVEST MOON CELEBRATION IN PERSON. 
          UH, IS THIS A SATURDAY FULL MOON? SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10. 
          COME ON, HAVE SOME LIN CAKE. 
          IT IS THE FIRST UP TO THE DAY, MAKE THE FIRST IN-PERSON. 
          SO WE MAY TRY TO HAVE THE STAGE OUTSIDE. 
          IT DEPENDS ON HOW HOT THE WEATHER IS, BUT THAT WILL BE LIONS DANCE AT NOON. 
          COMMISSIONER, WILL YOU, WILL YOU SEND ME THE INFORMATION AND WE CAN INCLUDE IT? YEAH. 
          SEND IT AROUND. 
          IF YOU CAN SEND IT TO HIS SUE'S THAT WAY WE CAN ALL HAVE THAT INFO AT OUR FINGERTIPS. 
          OKAY. 
          THANKS. 
          WHAT'S THE DATE? THE 10TH, 10, 10 TO 10 70. 
          DO YOU WANT TO MAKE A MOTION? THAT IS THE HALF THIS MORNING. 
          LISA. 
          SHE'S NOT MIKE, BUT COMMISSIONER FLORES. 
          I MAY GET A MOTION TO ADJOURN. 
          WE'VE GOT EIGHT SECONDS. 
          THANK YOU, EVERYBODY. 
          THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED AND EVERYBODY THANK YOU. 
            IF THERE'S MONEY  .
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